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Syrian troops have pulled out of the Druze heartland of Sweida on the orders of the Islamist-led government, following days of deadly clashes that killed nearly 600 people, according to a war monitor.
The conflict had drawn airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze before a truce halted most of the fighting.
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.
Sharaa’s gamble on centralising Syria by force rather than democratic consensus building gets a deadly reality check in ...
Violence in Syria's Druze province has triggered Israeli military action, complicating relations with Turkey and creating a ...
The conflict drew airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze minority before most of the ...
One woman tells the BBC she cowered in her home waiting for gunmen to enter and "decide whether we should live or die".
Amid violent clashes in southern Syria’s Sweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian ...
Israel on Friday denied reports on the Syrian state news agency that it had conducted further air strikes near the ...
The UN human rights chief says his office has received credible reports indicating widespread violations and abuses, ...
Tensions in southern Syria have escalated dramatically as pro-regime militias reportedly set fire to homes belonging to the Druze community, branding them with slurs like “Druze pigs.” Convoys of ...
In his speech, Sharaa accused Israel of trying to drag the country into chaos after it launched airstrikes in Syria, which ...