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Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority ...
Fighting erupted a week ago between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin. Syrian troops sent to intervene were drawn in and ...
Bill, Ahmad, and Bridget unpack this week's biggest headlines out of the Middle East, including Druze militias overrunning ...
Harvard University is in federal court Monday to make the case that President Donald Trump’s administration illegally cut ...
A fragile ceasefire was put in place in southern Syria on July 19, after days of violence between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes that drew in government forces and prompted Israeli strikes on the ...
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Damascus between the Druze, Alawites, and Kurds

It’s true that Bashar al-Assad left the palace on the evening of Saturday, December 7, and that Ahmad al-Sharaa entered it the next day without a single shot being fired in the capital. It’s a rare ...
The once invincible Sweida in southern Syria, the epicentre of a revolt against French colonial rule, was counting its dead on Monday after a week of fighting that left its mostly Druze inhabitants ...
Israel’s intervention “creates another very confusing chapter” and “came at a very bad time,” said U.S. special envoy to ...
In an interview with the Associated Press, Tom Barrack criticized Israel’s recent intervention in Syria, calling it poorly ...
The United States has brokered a ceasefire in Syria after Israel intervened in support of Druze communities who came under attack ...