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Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting
Armed Bedouin clans have withdrawn from the Druze-majority Syrian city of Sweida after a week of deadly clashes. A U.S.
U.S. citizen killed in Syria sectarian violence alongside 6 Druze family members
Video footage circulating online and verified by NBC News showed an execution-style shooting of Hosam Saraya, 35, and his ...
US citizen among eight Druze family members executed during Syria’s sectarian violence
An American citizen from Oklahoma was among eight men, all family members, rounded up and killed during the sectarian ...
Bedouins tell BBC they could return to fighting Druze in Syria
Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government responded by deploying forces to the city. Druze residents of Suweida told the ...
Syria's leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes ...
Over 1,400 were killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, committee says
A Syrian government committee says over 1,400 civilians were killed in sectarian violence on the country’s coast earlier this year. The violence was the first major incident to emerge after ...
Shot in the head or pounded by Israeli bombs: How a week of bloodshed shattered Syria’s fragile peace
In this whirl of shrapnel and shellfire, hopes for a new era of peace in a nation long torn apart by dictatorship and a ...
Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again after government forces pull out of southern Syria
Tens of thousands of people remained displaced by the violence and the United Nations has been unable to bring in much-needed ...
Ceasefire in southern Syria appears to be holding as US demands Damascus end violence
The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of people dead, drawing Israeli intervention and US condemnation.