After violent clashes between Druze and Bedouin militias erupted in Syria’s southern Suwayda region last week – killing over 1,000 people and displacing almost 130,000 others – the religious group has been cast into the global spotlight.

A Syrian-American who was taking care of his ill father was among the eight Druze men kidnapped from their family home and “executed’ in the middle of the street, harrowing video shows.

Members of the Syrian American community in Portland are grieving the loss of loved ones following attacks in southern Syria.

BEIRUT (Reuters) -A U.S. envoy has urged Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to recalibrate his policies and embrace a more inclusive approach after a new round of sectarian bloodshed last week, or risk losing international support and fragmenting the country.