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Government intervention on side of Bedouin tribes that clashed with Druze in Sweida last July triggered Israeli strikes; ...

BEHIND THE LINES: Syria remains deeply divided along ethnic lines, with a series of ongoing “cold wars” underway between ...

The confrontations in the Druze-majority province of Suwayda recently escalated amid kidnappings, armed attacks, other disputes and a lack of action on integrating Druze into state institutions.

Macron will be accompanied by business leaders including the CEOs of TotalEnergies and French container shipping group CMA ...

BEIRUT — More than a week of sectarian bloodshed in Syria has given way to a wary truce, pausing a fight that drew Israel into an unprecedented confrontation with Syria’s new authorities while raising ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Before the eruption of sectarian violence in southern Syria, Saber Abou Ras taught medical sciences at a university in the city of Sweida and was somewhat hopeful of a better future ...

Israel says it will not tolerate Syrian attacks on the Druze minority Israel says it has carried out air strikes on Syrian government infrastructure in the south of the country, in response to what it ...

BEIRUT — Syrian government fighters entered the city of Sweida over the summer in an apparent bid to assert control over the enclave of the Druze minority that for years had operated in semiautonomy.