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Southern Syria is particularly complex for several reasons. One reason is the continued Israeli raids along the border.
News Syria » Sweida: Syria sends troops to Sweida front line as Israel moves hardware into area
Tensions rising over southern province that is home to Druze minority ...
News Syria » Sweida: Jordan launches airstrikes in Syria in retaliation for church attack
Jordan has carried out airstrikes against targets in southern Syria in retaliation for a deadly attack on a church in Jordan, the Jordanian military said. The airstrikes on hideouts belonging to ...
News Syria » Sweida: Syria says at least six dead in Jordan strikes, Amman says jets destroyed 'terrorist positions'
Syria says Jordan gave it no warning before air strikes on its south that killed at least six people, while Amman says the raids targeted groups linked to a church attack in Karak that left nine dead ...
News Syria » Sweida: Armed groups close Sweida-Damascus highway as US envoy voices concern
DAMASCUS: Armed groups in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have completely closed the highway linking the city to Damascus, state news agency SANA reported on Saturday, as a US envoy voiced concern ...
News Syria » Sweida: Protesters storm governor's office in southern Syria, casualties reported
Earlier, more than 200 people had gathered around the building in the centre of the Druze-majority city, chanting slogans against the Syrian regime, witnesses said.
News Syria » Sweida: Armed groups block key road linking Syria's Sweida to Damascus amid renewed tensions
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted Qutaiba Azzam, director of media relations at Sweida's Media Department, as saying that groups controlling the Um al-Zaytoun checkpoint in northern Sweida had ...
News Syria » Sweida: Syria fears possible Israeli-backed Druze offensive in Sweida, Syrian official tells i24NEWS
The Syrian government is increasingly worried that Druze militias currently in control of Sweida province will launch an offensive against government forces with Israeli support, a Syrian official ...
News Syria » Sweida: Syria to probe 'shocking violations' in Sweida after hundreds killed
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: :: WARNING - GRAPHIC Armed men were seen firing gunshots towards buses evacuating civilians from the Syrian city of Sweida ...
News Syria » Sweida: Why Syria’s Sweida Remains A Flashpoint For Damascus And The Druze – Analysis
Renewed fighting in Syria’s southern Sweida province has underscored how fragile the country’s post-Assad political settlement remains and how far Damascus still has to go to establish its authority ...
News Syria » Sweida: Syria sends 1,000 troops to Sweida
The Syrian government has sent about 1,000 additional troops to the southern province of Sweida amid a mobilization by the Druze militia, The National reports. The troops have arrived in the western ...
News Syria » Sweida: Syrian Druze leader says community is ‘inseparable part of Israel,’ hints at developments in Sweida
Al-Hijri also suggested that developments concerning Sweida could emerge “within days,” without elaborating on their nature, as the province remains the focus of intensifying diplomatic activity.