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DAMASCUS - Before her exams, Sally - a pseudonym used at her request - left Syria’s southern Sweida province and moved to a government-controlled area in the province’s countryside, where she stayed ...
News Syria » Sweida » Politics: US envoy accuses Druze sheikh of using its backing to persecute other members of the community
US envoy Tom Barrack has criticised a prominent Druze leader in southern Syria, accusing him of exploiting the perception of Israeli backing and US support to persecute other members of the community.
News Syria » Sweida » Politics: 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 » Politics: Damascus rejects Israeli politicisation of Syria’s Druze after Netanyahu’s brief call with al-Sharaa
Damascus has rejected attempts to draw the Druze community in Sweida into Israeli politics, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that he had held a sharp phone call with Syrian ...
News Syria » Sweida » Politics: Syria, Jordan, US establish joint task force to back Sweida ceasefire
Following trilateral talks in Amman, the parties reaffirm Syria's sovereignty and commit to justice and humanitarian aid as the ceasefire holds amid ongoing regional tensions.
News Syria » Sweida » Politics: 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.
News Syria » Sweida » Politics: In historic first, some Golan Druze, now new citizens, plan to vote in national election
As taboos against naturalization and voting ebb, Buq'ata Mayor William Abu Awad expects many locals to back Benjamin Netanyahu, out of gratitude for Israel's aiding their Syrian brethren ...
News Syria » Sweida » Politics: October 7 in Sweida: when two wounds recognize each other
October 7 carries a heavy meaning in Israeli society. It is the day Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations attacked Israel, killing, abducting and sexually assaulting civilians, burning ...
News Syria » Sweida » Politics: 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 ...