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Syria announces Sweida ceasefire

Al-Monitor on MSN · 10h

Druze regain control of Sweida city after Syria announces ceasefire

Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.Israel had bombed defence ministry forces in both Sweida and Damascus earlier this week to force their withdrawal after they were accused of summary executions and other abuses against Druze civilians during their brief deployment in the southern province.

Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province under a ceasefire

The conflict had drawn airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze before a truce halted most of the fighting.

Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

Video showed government forces on the streets of a predominantly Druze city and smoke billowing across roads as gunfire sounded.

Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets

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

After days of bloodshed in Syria's Druze city of Sweida, survivors emerged to collect and bury the scores of dead found across the city.

Al-Monitor on MSN · 2h

Clashes, homes torched in south Syria's Sweida despite ceasefire

Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria's Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to "slaughter" residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted.

Armed fighters in streets of Sweida as Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again in Syria

Clashes flared up again Friday between Druze militiamen and Sunni Bedouin tribes around Sweida in southern Syria. Footage from the Al-Arabiya network showed fires burning on the roadside and a heavy presence of Syrian security forces and other armed men.

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As U.S. hails Syria ceasefire, Sweida residents say fighting rages on

Syria’s president declared a ceasefire after nearly a week of sectarian bloodshed in the south, but civilians said there was ...

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Ceasefire Brings Temporary Peace to Sweida Amid Conflict

A ceasefire was enforced in Sweida, Syria, where clashes between Druze community members and Bedouin tribes had persisted for ...

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Syria’s leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

Government forces that were initially sent to restore order but effectively sided with the Bedouins against the Druze were ...

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Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with ...

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US says Israel-Syria agree to ceasefire as Druze minority, Bedouin clans continue to clash in Sweida

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, announced early on Saturday that Syria and Israel had ...

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Syrians protest Sweida killings in London, Paris

Dozens of Syrians from minority communities rallied on Saturday in London and Paris, calling for action to protect the Druze ...

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Monitor: Deaths from violence in Syria's Druze bastion surge to 940

Around 940 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in week-long violence in Syria's Druze-majority province of Sweida, a ...

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Syrian government urges parties to respect truce in Druze region

Syria's Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on ...

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