Israel Strikes Southern Syria

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Syria announces ceasefire

What’s behind deadly clashes in Syria - and why did Israel intervene?

Hundreds of people have been killed in days of violence in southern Syria which began with clashes between members of the Druze minority group and Bedouin tribes and drew a military intervention from Syria.

Fox News on MSN · 3d

Israel strikes Syria's military headquarters as the regime clashes with Druze civilians

Israel has threatened to increase its involvement in Syria and vowed to protect the Druze religious minority, which began as a 10th-century offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam, the Associated Press reported. Most of the world’s Druze population lives in Syria, with the rest predominantly in Israel and Lebanon.

Reuters · 14h

Syria announces ceasefire after deadly clashes in Druze region

Syria's Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on Saturday and urged all parties to respect a ceasefire after days of factional bloodshed that has left hundreds dead.

Syria, Israel and Sweida

Reuters on MSN · 7h

Israel and Syria agree ceasefire as Israel allows Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

Syria's Sweida province has been engulfed by nearly a week of violence triggered by clashes between Bedouin fighters and Druze factions. Earlier on Friday, an Israeli official said Israel agreed to allow Syrian forces limited access to the Sweida area of southern Syria for the next two days.

EconoTimes · 1d

Syria Misjudged Israeli Response Amid Miscommunication Over Sweida Deployment

Syrias deployment of troops to the southern province of Sweida triggered Israeli airstrikes this week, following a major miscalculation by Damascus. Believing it had tacit approval from both the U.S.

Yahoo · 17h

Syria forces deploy in Druze heartland after US brokers deal with Israel

Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.Israel had bombed defence ministry forces in both Sweida and Damascus earlier this week to force their withdrawal after they were accused of summary executions and other abuses against Druze civilians during their brief deployment in the southern province.

Israel strikes Syrian city, vows to protect Druze minority from government forces

Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in southern Syria, saying it was acting to protect the Druze ...

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Israel strikes Syrian military headquarters, IDF says

The Israel Defense Forces said it struck "the entrance" of Syria's military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday.

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Israel strikes military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces clash with Druze militias

Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias.

Israel strikes Damascus as fighting rages in southern Syria

Israel struck Syrian military targets as well as central Damascus on Wednesday (July 16) in what it says is an effort to ...

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Israel strikes Damascus as fighting between Syrian forces and Druze rages

That afternoon, Netanyahu and Katz ordered the Israeli military to once again attack government forces and weaponry in ...

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Syria steps back from 'open war' in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...

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Israel is exploiting the vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian clashes and a weak state

Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously ...

Israel strikes Syria's capital, Damascus, pledging to defend Druze minorities

Israel said it struck military targets in Syria's capital to intervene after clashes between Syrian security forces and Bedouins against the Druze in southern Syria.

Syria clears fighters from Druze city of Suwayda, declares end to clashes

Claim comes after a new truce between Druze and Bedouin groups in Suwayda and a US-brokered deal to end Israeli strikes.

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