A Syrian government investigation says sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year has left over 1,400 people dead, ...

Nine days of armed clashes and serious abuses in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have triggered a dire humanitarian ...

Israel’s military intervention in Suweida lets Netanyahu frame it as protecting Syrian minorities, positioning Israel as a ...

Over 100,000 people have been displaced as fears grow that evacuation of Bedouins from Suweida could be permanent and lead to ...

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then ...

Israel acted not out of expansionist aims but out of duty to protect its allies, the Druze, while balancing national ...

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The violence erupted in the predominantly Druze city in the province of Suwayda (also known as Sweida) on July 12, two days after a Druze merchant was reportedly abducted on the highway to Damascus.

Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its airstrikes after intervening ...

The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of ...

That understanding was based on comments from the U.S. special envoy and security talks with Israel, sources said.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called for urgent accountability and a halt to escalating violence in the southern Syrian city of Suweida on Friday, following credible reports of mass killings, ...