Syria News » Sweida News Syria » Sweida » Life: 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 » Life: Israeli Druze doctor builds secret medical lifeline for besieged Sweida
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Body bags lie at Sweida National Hospital, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes, and government ...
News Syria » Sweida » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: In southern Syria's Sweida, Druze and Bedouin communities are locked in hatred
FeatureSeveral hundred members of both communities were taken prisoner during the clashes that erupted between them in July. Three months later, the majority are still captives, further fueling the ...
News Syria » Sweida » Life: 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 » Life: For Syrian Druze, latest violence is one more chapter in a centuries‑long struggle over autonomy
The Druze broke off from the Ismaili school of Shiite Islam during the Fatimid Caliphate, an empire that ruled large parts of North Africa and the Middle East. In the 11th century, the community ...
News Syria » Sweida » Life: 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 » Life: Syria’s Future After the Massacre in Sweida
On July 15, the armed forces commanded by Syria’s transitional government, under the presidency of former rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, were sent into the Druze-majority province of Sweida. The ...
News Syria » Sweida » Life: 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 ...
News Syria » Sweida » Life: Main highway from Damascus to Sweida reopens to aid convoys weeks after Syria violence
SWEIDA, Syria — An aid convoy entered the city of Sweida in southern Syria via the main highway from Damascus on Thursday, for the first time since a major outbreak of sectarian violence last month ...