The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for centuries have sought to preserve a distinct identity. In Lebanon, an ...

Government forces announce ceasefire after clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes kill dozens in the southern Syrian city.

Syrian forces were deployed in Al-Suwayda yesterday while the city was placed under a curfew. Clashes sparked by an isolated incident have left about a hundred people dead, 60 of them Druze. At stake ...

BUSRA AL-HARIR, Syria — Israel’s army said Monday it has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and ...

At least 89 people have been killed in southern Syria’s Sweida province amid rising sectarian violence and Israeli airstrikes ...

The Syrian Interior Ministry confirmed that recent sectarian clashes in the city of Suwayda have left at least 30 people dead and over 100 wounded. The violence erupted over the weekend and escalated ...

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A leading Druze spiritual leader accused the Syrian leadership in Damascus of bombarding the southern city of Sweida despite ...

Syrian government forces entered the majority Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, aiming to end clashes with Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly 100 people.

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

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