Druze, Syria and Bedouin
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Druze, Syria and Israel
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Syria's Islamist-led government says its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on Saturday, and urged all parties to respect a ceasefire after days of factional bloodshed that has left hundreds dead.
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Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war.
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U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said early Saturday that Israel and Syria had agreed to a cease-fire, following Israel’s intervention this week in fighting between Syrian government forces and
As a fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria following deadly clashes, a Syrian Druze writer in exile Sarah Hunaidi tells CNN it’s a “horrible situation” on the ground, as food supplies run low and hospitals remain out of service.
On July 13, clashes broke out between Bedouin Arab tribes and armed Druze groups in Suwayda. Violence escalated and Israeli airstrikes followed, including on Syrian military positions and infrastructure in Damascus. Israel cited the “protection of Druze communities” as a pretext for its attacks.
Video footage circulating online shows the aftermath—blood-soaked rooms, shattered furniture, and torn portraits of Druze clerics. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 25 civilians were killed,
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, deadly sectarian clashes in the city of Suwayda, predominantly inhabited by Druze, have led to at least 99 deaths and hundreds of injuries as of Monday evening, July 14.
Israel can’t intervene in every conflict around the world. But this felt different — it was a moral and familial obligation,’ says one Rabbi with a
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