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Syria evacuates Bedouin from Druze-majority city

SWEIDA: Syrian authorities evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida on Monday, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,260 people.

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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after fighting

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Bedouin civilians evacuate Syria's Sweida as tense truce holds

Putin says he does not want to discuss possible killing of Iran's Khamanei

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Ceasefire in southern Syria appears to be holding as US demands Damascus end violence

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Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out

Clashes rage in Druze region

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Syria clashes continue as Sharaa regime struggles to enforce ceasefire

Sectarian clashes escalated in Syria’s predominantly Druze region of Sweida as the country’s new Islamist regime struggled to implement a ceasefire after days of bloodshed. Shelling and firing were heard as Druze fighters reportedly pushed out Bedouin gunmen from Sweida city on Saturday.

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Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

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Fragile Syria ceasefire struggles to hold

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Silence on Druze massacres in Syria echoes historical silence to the Holocaust | Opinion

The mass murder of the Druze is not a distant, regional crisis. It is a test of global conscience. Will we stop it?

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A fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria after hundreds of Druze civilians killed

As violence broke out last week between two ethnic groups in southern Syria, both the Israeli and Syrian governments intervened.

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Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore

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Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze

Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw.

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Don't look away as Islamist regime in Syria allows slaughter of Christians and Druze

Religious minorities in Syria face persecution under the new Islamist government, highlighting the critical importance of religious liberty as the foundation for all other freedoms

U.S. "very concerned" as Israel strikes Syria's capital Damascus amid government clashes with Druze minorities

Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and he wants "the fighting to stop."

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Israel strikes Damascus as fighting between Syrian forces and Druze rages

That afternoon, Netanyahu and Katz ordered the Israeli military to once again attack government forces and weaponry in Suweida. They said they were working to prevent them from harming the Druze and to "ensure the demilitarisation" of areas near Israel's border.

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Israel strikes Damascus hard in support of the Druze

Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and an area near the presidential palace.