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Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore

When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which ...

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 ...

US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this ...

‘They executed him then called his wife to brag’: Inside the Druze city ravaged by militias

Dr Talat Amer, a surgeon at Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, worked tirelessly for three days as bombs fell and ...

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 ...

Syrian government and leaders of the Druze minority announce new ceasefire

The announcement came after Israel launched a series of rare airstrikes in the heart of Damascus, part of a campaign that it ...

Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again after government forces pull out of southern Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria — Renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in southern ...