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

Khalidi and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state,

Al-Monitor on MSN · 1d

Druze regain control of Sweida city after Syria announces ceasefire

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.

New Vision on MSN · 4h

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

By Thursday, nearly 600 people were reported killed, including dozens of civilians and hundreds of fighters from all sides, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

Tense scenes in Sweida

Associated Press News · 10h

Syria minister on ceasefire in Sweida province following deadly clashes

Syria’s Minister of Information said Saturday that the first phase of a ceasefire between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze-linked militias in Sweida will be in effect for the next 48 hours.

ABC News · 2d

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.

Yahoo · 20h

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.

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Calm reported in Syria's Sweida as tribal fighters said to withdraw

Residents reported calm in the Syrian city of Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government declared that Bedouin ...

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As U.S. hails Syria ceasefire, Sweida residents say fighting rages on

The fighting, which started with clashes between Druze and Bedouin militias in the city of Sweida and drew in Sunni tribesmen ...

Convoys of the Syrian Red Crescent head to Sweida to provide humanitarian aid

A week after deadly clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, Syrian Red Crescent ...

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More than 1,000 dead in week of fighting in Syria's Sweida

More than a thousand people are believed to have been killed in a week of fighting in Syria 's Sweida, even as an uneasy truce reigned across the governorate on Sunday. Humanitarian convoys were ...

Al-Monitor on MSN1d

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

Residents from the Syrian-Druze city of Sweida described friends and neighbors being shot at close range in their homes or on ...

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Ceasefire in Sweida: A Fragile Calm in Syria's Southern Conflict

Syria's Bedouin clans withdrew from Sweida after violent clashes with the Druze minority. The conflict, sparked by kidnappings, drew Israeli airstrikes and threatened Syria's postwar transition. A ...