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Syria, Druze and Sweida

Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed

BEIRUT (Reuters) -One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street. After days of bloodshed in Syria's Druze city of Sweida,

The Times of Israel · 13h

Syrian Druze grapple with death and destruction in Sweida after fighting ends

About 500 people killed in clashes, according to UK war monitor; AFP photographer counts 15 bodies strewn in city center amid looted shops and burned cars and houses

U.S. News & World Report · 19h

Syrian Forces Withdraw From Sweida After Ceasefire Goes Into Effect

Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority

Syria, Israel and Sweida

Yahoo · 5h

Israel airstrike hits vicinity of Syria's Sweida, Syrian state news agency says

Despite reports indicating the strike was carried out by Israel, Channel 12 reported that the Israeli military had not conducted the strikes. Israel carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Syria's Sweida,

The Times of India on MSN · 9h

Israel strikes near Syria’s Sweida; first raid after Syrian troops withdrawal - report

Israeli strikes targeted areas near Sweida, a Druze-majority city, following the withdrawal of Syrian government forces after clashes with local fighters. These strikes occurred amidst escalating violence,

The New York Times · 19h

Israeli Attacks Threaten ‘Chaos’ in Syria, Syrian President Says

President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since he came to power.

Syria, Israel and Druze

Newsweek on MSN · 3h

Syria's New Leader Won Trump's Approval—He May Soon Be on Israel's Hit List

"If Israel feels that a certain leader...is an evident threat to its national security, it will operate," a former Israeli envoy told Newsweek.

U.S. News & World Report · 15h

Explainer-Who Are the Druze and Why Does Israel Say It Is Hitting Syria for Their Sake?

Syria's Druze are concentrated in the southwest in the Sweida region bordering Jordan and in areas of Quneitra province, near the occupied Golan. They also reside in the Damascus

CNN on MSN · 16h

Who are the Druze and why did Israel bomb Syria to protect them?

Israel has been carrying out strikes on Syria since the fall of the Assad regime last December. This week saw a major escalation, when Israel said it attacked Syria to protect the Druze, an Arab minority at the center of clashes with government loyalists.

RTÉ Ireland1h

Syria troops quit Sweida as clashes leave nearly 600 dead

Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland of Sweida on the orders of the Islamist-led government, following days of ...

6hon MSN

Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of ...

Israel strikes Sweida city in Syria amid tribal clashes, first raid after Al-Sharaa's forces withdrawal

As tensions between Syria’s Druze and Bedouin fighters escalate, Israel conducted its first airstrike in the Syrian city of ...

Al-Monitor on MSN14h

After days of bloodshed, residents of Syria's Sweida confront devastation

Residents emerged from their homes to scenes of devastation on Thursday after government forces withdrew from the Syrian ...

Blood in the Streets and Death in the Air: Residents Survey Damage in Syrian City

After five days of hunkering down at his home in the southern city of Sweida, 33-year-old Hossam emerged on Thursday and ...

DPA International on MSN7h

War monitor: Death toll from Sweida violence rises to over 500

The death toll from the violence in southern Syria's Sweida province continues to climb, with the Syrian Observatory for ...

15h

Syria's Sharaa vows to protect Druze rights as ceasefire holds

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to fracture Syria and promised to protect its Druze minority on Thursday, after U.S. intervention helped end deadly fighting between government ...

20hon MSN

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

Sharaa accused Israel on Thursday of sowing discord with a wave of airstrikes following deadly clashes with the Druze community.

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