Syria News » Sweida News Syria » Sweida » Culture: In Syria’s new era, like the old, a family watches another son disappear
NAWA, Syria — One by one, the men of the al-Amareen family vanished into Syria’s darkest places, its dungeons and its graves. Muammar, a 39-year-old engineer, was killed in 2012 during the first ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria pledges to form committee to investigate clashes in Sweida
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of Syrian security forces ride on a back of a truck after Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syrian Druze chief suggests Sweida integration into Israel
A spiritual leader of Syria's Druze community has suggested that the country's Sweida province be integrated into Israel. Speaking at an event to mark the first anniversary of violent sectarian unrest ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria: Accountability Lacking for Sweida Abuses
Syrian government forces and local Bedouin and Druze armed groups all carried out grave abuses during clashes in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate in July 2025. Abuses included summary killings, ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria detains defence, interior ministry members suspected of Sweida violence
Hundreds killed in Sweida bloodshed in July Suspects filmed several killings Some later confessed, committee says Druze deaths spark calls for justice Sept 3 (Reuters) - Syria has interrogated and ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions
BEIRUT — New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Druze seek Sweida autonomy and turn toward Israel, adding new twist to Syria's tensions
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.
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Israel to ‘allow’ Syrian forces entry to conflict-stricken city as violence flares
Israel to ‘allow’ Syrian forces entry to conflict-stricken city as violence flares - Syria says it is moving to quell renewed fighting with Bedouin tribes ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria, Jordan, US agree on plan to restore stability in Sweida after deadly clashes
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria, Jordan and the United States agreed Tuesday on a roadmap to restore security in a southern Syrian region that saw deadly sectarian clashes in July, including plans to guard main ...