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Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets

Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed

BEIRUT (Reuters) -One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street. After days of bloodshed in Syria's Druze city of Sweida,

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Armed fighters in streets of Sweida as Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again in Syria

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In Syria, a cycle of revenge engulfs the Druze city of Sweida

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Bloodshed in Syria's Sweida Left at Least 321 People Dead, Human Rights Group Says

Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.

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Syrian presidency announces ceasefire after deadly sectarian clashes in south

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Exclusive: Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida

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Syria's Druze Find Bodies in the Streets While Searching for Loved Ones After Days of Clashes

At least 600 people — combatants and civilians on both sides — were killed in four days of clashes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor.

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Explainer-Who Are the Druze and Why Does Israel Say It Is Hitting Syria for Their Sake?

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'There were bodies everywhere': Druze residents describe 'bloodbath' in Syrian city Suweida

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A fragile truce, a fractured land: Death toll in Syria’s Sweida violence rises to 940 despite ceasefire

Sharaa has called on the Sunni Bedouin tribes to fully adhere to the ceasefire, aimed at halting deadly confrontations with Druze-affiliated militias that have claimed hundreds of lives and put the country’s fragile post-conflict transition at risk.

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

U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, following Israel’s intervention this week in fighting between Syrian government forces and Bedouin tribes and armed groups from the Druze minority.

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Syrian government urges parties to respect truce in Druze region

Syria's Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on Saturday and urged all parties to respect a ceasefire after days of factional bloodshed that has left hundreds dead.

Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze religious minority that threatened to unravel the country’s fragile post-war transition.

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Syria forces deploy in Druze heartland after US brokers deal with Israel

Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.Israel had bombed defence ministry forces in both Sweida and Damascus earlier this week to force their withdrawal after they were accused of summary executions and other abuses against Druze civilians during their brief deployment in the southern province.

Syria’s interim president urges Bedouin tribes to commit to ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias Sweida.

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Syria's Druze reach new ceasefire deal with government in Sweida, religious leader says

Syria's Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.

Syrian government forces set to re-enter Sweida province after renewed sectarian clashes

The conflict drew airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze minority before most of the fighting was halted by a truce announced Wednesday.

Sweida bleeds: Nearly 600 killed as Syrian troops withdraw amid Israeli airstrikes and US mediation

Nearly 600 killed in sectarian clashes in Syria’s Sweida as troops withdraw under pressure, Israeli strikes and US-led mediation avert wider escalation.