DAMASCUS, July 22 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli drone strike hit a convoy of tribal fighters in the city of Shahba in the northern countryside of Sweida province late Monday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory ...

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then ...

Last week, just a few dozen miles from Israel’s northern border, a brutal massacre unfolded in southern Syria’s Sweida ...

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The violence erupted in the predominantly Druze city in the province of Suwayda (also known as Sweida) on July 12, two days after a Druze merchant was reportedly abducted on the highway to Damascus.

Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its airstrikes after intervening ...

Syria’s interior authorities said Saturday night, that through their extensive efforts to implement a newly-reached ceasefire ...

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reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S.

The clashes occurring in the city of Suwayda in southern Syria since July 13, 2025—between local Druze factions, armed Bedouin tribesmen, and the Damascus ...

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Bosra, Horan, Jabal al-Arab, and the Golan has issued an urgent plea for global intervention to stop the brutal massacres of Druze and Christians in Suwayda, Syria.

That understanding was based on comments from the U.S. special envoy and security talks with Israel, sources said.

Violence in Syria's Druze region of Sweida intensified as sectarian clashes occurred. The government, along with ...