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Calm returns to south Syria

Syria: Death toll from violence in the south tops 1,000, says monitor

Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,000 people. A ceasefire announced on Saturday appeared to be holding after earlier agreements failed to end fighting between longtime rivals the Druze and the Bedouin

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Syrian government deploys forces to restive south after week of violence

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Calm returns to south Syria after violence that killed 1,000: monitor

Syria, Israel and Sweida

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

In a televised speech, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa promised to protect the rights and freedom of Syria's Druze community — and avoid an “open war” with Israel.

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Syria's future hangs in balance amid Sweida violence, Israeli strikes

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Israel and Syria Agree to Ceasefire Amid Deadly Druze-Bedouin Clashes in Sweida

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Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans on Sunday announced that they had withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida following over a week of clashes, as per a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.

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

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Syria Announces Ceasefire with Israel

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Syria's Sectarian Crisis Deepens: 940 Dead In Sweida As Ceasefire Struggles To Hold

Over 900 people have been killed in Syria's Sweida region as sectarian violence between Druze and Bedouin groups rages on despite ceasefire efforts., Middle East, Times Now

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Sectarian violence erupts again in Syria, leaving at least 160 dead

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Syrian troops move into Suwayda as violence continues

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

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes Saturday to “fully commit” to a ceasefire aimed at ending clashes with Druze-linked militias that left hundreds dead and th...

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The Dispute Behind the Violence in Syria

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

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Syria clears fighters from Druze city of Suwayda, declares end to clashes

Al-Sharaa, in a televised statement on Saturday, called on all parties to lay down arms and help the government restore peace.

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Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province under a ceasefire

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Syrian presidency announces ceasefire after days of violence

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Who are the Druze and who are they fighting in Syria?

The Druze religious sect is an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. About half of the roughly one million Druze worldwide live in Syria, with most others in Lebanon and Israel, including the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

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Post-Assad Syria gripped by sectarian violence, threatening regional stability

BEIRUT—An eruption of violence in Syria this week entangled government forces, Bedouin tribes, the Druze religious minority and neighboring Israel, and highlighted just how combustible the country remains seven months after its longtime authoritarian leader was toppled.

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Here’s what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said the clashes started after members of a Bedouin tribe in Sweida province set up a checkpoint where they attacked and robbed a Druze man, leading to tit-for-tat attacks and kidnappings between the tribes and Druze armed groups.

What Israeli bombings and sectarian violence in Suwayda mean for Syria’s transition

Following the deaths of dozens of Druze in Suwayda, southern Syria, Bianna Golodryga speaks to Dareen Khalifa from the International Crisis Group about how this is jeopardizing a fragile sense of stability in a country facing deep sectarian divisions.

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

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, survivors emerged on Thursday to collect and bury the scores of dead found across the city.