Syria News » Sweida News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Druze seek Sweida autonomy and turn toward Israel, adding new twist to Syria's tensions
BEIRUT (AP) — 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 ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria vows to investigate footage of Sweida hospital killing
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria's interior ministry said on Monday that it would investigate footage showing men in military fatigues shooting an unarmed man in scrubs at point-blank range in the main ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
JARAMANA, Syria — Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s powerhouses. They are now trying again to navigate a new, uncertain Syria since the ...
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: Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province under a ceasefire
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces largely pulled out of the southern province of Sweida on Thursday after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority that threatened to unravel ...
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: Rights group warns on failure to deliver justice after sectarian killings in Syria's Sweida
BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticized the Syrian government for what it says is the lack of accountability on perpetrators of sectarian violence and killings on all sides in clashes ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syrian forces leave Sweida province
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the southern province of Sweida on Thursday after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority that threatened to ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syrian government forces and Druze fighters exchange prisoners from summer clashes
AL MATUNA, Syria — Syrian government forces and Druze militiamen who control areas in the southern Sweida province on Thursday exchanged prisoners taken in clashes last summer, a rare step toward a ...
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 ...