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Al-Hijri has floated self-rule or a “State of Bashan” and praised Israel, which struck Syrian forces in July 2025 citing Druze protection and a Golan buffer; Damascus sees a sovereignty threat, Israel ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Sweida security shake-up highlights Syria’s struggle with Druze autonomy
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tribal and bedouin fighters deploy in the western neighbourhood of southern Syria Syria reassigns top security commanders in ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syrian security forces arrested over participation in July's Sweida violence
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People hold a Druze flag, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces, in Syria ...
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: Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
US envoy Barrack's comments misinterpreted by Syria, sources say Syria's Sharaa overestimated US, Israeli support for deployment of troops to south State Department says Sharaa's govt has obligation ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Rights group warns on failure to deliver justice after sectarian killings in Syria's Sweida
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 between ...
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 has made no progress on Sweida reintegration plan, UN says
June 22 - A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year after deadly sectarian violence in a Druze-majority ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria’s interim parliament meets for first time after Assad overthrow
Syria’s transitional parliament began its inaugural session Sunday in Damascus, where it will be tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution more than a year after rebels led by eventual ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria has made no progress on Sweida reintegration plan, UN says
UN probe cited potential war crimes in province's conflict Reconciliation plan was launched in September Damascus says Druze armed groups obstruct progress June 22 - A United Nations official warned ...
News Syria » Sweida » Culture: Syria Has Made No Progress on Sweida Reintegration Plan, UN Says
Syria Has Made No Progress on Sweida Reintegration Plan, UN Says By Feras Dalatey June 22 - A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise southern Syria ...