Syria Sectarian Clashes

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Syria Withdraws Bedouin Fighters From Druze-Majority City

Bedouins tell BBC they could return to fighting Druze in Syria

The Bedouin fighters have retreated from the city to surrounding villages in the province after a week of deadly sectarian clashes between Druze fighters, Bedouins and government forces, with Israel carrying out air strikes in support of the Druze.

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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

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Syrian forces deployed near Sweida block Bedouin fighters

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Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

Sectarian clashes escalated in Syria's predominantly Druze region of Sweida on Saturday, with machinegun fire and mortar shelling ringing out after days of bloodshed as the Islamist-led government st...

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Syria's leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

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Tense scenes from Druze-Bedouin clashes in Syria’s Sweida

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Syria struggles to quell deadly Bedouin-Druze clashes in south

More than 900 people are reported to have been killed in the violence.

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Bedouin fighters withdraw from Syrian province hit by violence

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Syria deploys troops to enforce fragile ceasefire

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Sectarian clashes erupt in Syria despite ceasefire announcement

Israel declared support for the Druze earlier this week and intervened, hitting government forces and the defence ministry in the capital Damascus.

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Calm returns to Syria’s Sweida after week-long sectarian clashes leave over 1,100 dead

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Ceasefire calms Syria's Sweida after sectarian clashes kill 1,000, displace 128,000

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US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria

Renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in southern Syria, and government forces were preparing to deploy again to the area Friday after pulling ou...

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Clashes, Homes Torched In South Syria's Sweida Despite Ceasefire

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Israel and Syria agree ceasefire as Israel allows Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

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

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio later called on the Syrian government's security forces to prevent jihadists from entering and "carrying out massacres", in a post on X.

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Syria clears Bedouin fighters from Suwayda city, declares halt to clashes

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

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Syria steps back from 'open war' in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after days of clashes in the southern city of Sweida.

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Attacks on Syrian security forces sent to quell sectarian clashes leave 18 dead as Israel strikes targets to protect Druze

At least 18 members of Syria's security forces have been killed in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, the Defence Ministry said, after they deployed to quell deadly sectarian clashes that had resumed on Monday,

Syria Declares Cease-Fire After a Week of Upheaval

Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and attracted Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria had agreed to a truce.

Tense scenes in Sweida as Druze-Bedouin clashes threaten to undermine Syria's fragile peace

Renewed violence in Syria between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes is threatening to deepen divisions in a country recuperating from a civil war. Arab tribal fighters from all over Syria have travelled to the mainly Druze area of Sweida province to help support their Bedouin kin.

Druze regain control of Sweida city after Syria announces ceasefire

Druze fighters pushed out rival armed factions from Syria's southern city of Sweida on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered a ceasefire following a US-brokered deal to avert