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Syria, Damascus and Sectarian Violence

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Calm reported in Syria's Sweida, Damascus says truce holding
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S. envoy signalled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented.

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Ceasefire in southern Syria appears to be holding as US demands Damascus end violence
Israel Strikes Damascus as Sectarian Violence in Syria Escalates
Exclusive: Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight ...

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Syrian government starts evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida in bid to end weeklong clashes
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Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after fighting
Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio later called on the Syrian government's security forces to prevent jihadists from entering and "carrying out massacres", in a post on X.

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Syria clears Bedouin fighters from Suwayda city, declares halt to clashes
Clashes escalate in Syria's Druze region despites calls for sides to respect ceasefire
U.S. "very concerned" as Israel strikes Syria's capital Damascus amid government clashes with Druze minorities
Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and he wants "the fighting to stop."
Israel Bombs Damascus, Warns Syria of ‘Painful Blows’ as Footage Shows Hit on Defense Ministry
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.
Israel strikes Damascus hard in support of the Druze
Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and an area near the presidential palace.
Western diplomats were within metres of Israeli strikes in Damascus, sources say
Western diplomats were passing near Syria's defence ministry in Damascus in an armoured convoy when Israel struck the building with several missiles on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter,
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Israel hits regime targets in Damascus; Hundreds of Israeli Druze cross into Syria to join the fighting
Israel sharply escalated its strikes on Syrian regime targets on Wednesday, hitting buildings belonging to the defense ministry, the presidential palace and over 160 other targets since last night
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Video captures Israel strikes hitting Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters in Damascus
The Israeli military launched airstrikes in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters.
Israel bombs Damascus, Syrian leader says not afraid of war - as it happened
The Israeli military said it had "struck the entrance gate" of the Syrian regime's military headquarters complex in Damascus.
Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze in Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it looked like a "misunderstanding" after Israel struck Syria's defense ministry.
Fighters from Syria’s Bedouin clans gather in Damascus willing to join clashes in south
Clan fighters gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday to support Bedouin militants in their clashes with Druze armed factions in the southern province of Sweida despite calls for a ceasefire.
Israel's attacks on Damascus hinder chemical weapons search, Syrian official says
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes on Damascus are hampering Syria's efforts to find and destroy chemical weapons stockpiled during the rule of toppled ruler Bashar al-Assad, a government adviser said on Thursday.
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