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

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

A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday, easing days of brutal clashes in Sweida.

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Syrian Druze writer calls what’s happening in southern Syria ‘chaos killings’

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

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

A Syrian minister said that the government has recovered 87 bodies, but he did not indicate if it was the entire toll from recent violence between Bedouin tribes and the Druze minority in and around ...

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Almost 600 killed in south Syria violence, monitoring group says

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Who are the Druze and why is Israel attacking Syria?

Syrian Forces Withdraw From Sweida

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Israel agrees to allow Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

The Syrian Network for Human Rights monitoring group said it had documented 254 dead in four days of fighting, among them medical personnel, women and children.

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Syrian govt denies its forces preparing to redeploy to Sweida city

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Syrian Forces Withdraw From Sweida After Ceasefire Goes Into Effect

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'If someone tries to hurt us they will answer'

hundreds of Israeli Druze crossed into Syria on Wednesday to protect their Syrian kin from militant attackers.

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Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze

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Israel Targets Government Buildings in Syria’s Capital

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

While most Druze in Israel identify as Israeli citizens, more than 20,000 living in the occupied Golan still identify as Syrians and have close ties to family on the other side of the border.

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Syria withdraws troops from south after days of deadly clashes with Arab minority that drew in Israel

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New clashes rock Syria's Druze heartland as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin

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.

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UN reports fresh clashes in Sweida, evidence of rights abuses

The UN Human Rights Office in Geneva reported on Friday that fresh clashes had broken out in the Syrian province of Sweida, and that it had received "credible" reports of human rights violations. Some groups were deliberately trying to incite further violence with disinformation,

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Gunfire, looting and burning: On the road to Syria's Sweida province

Sky's special correspondent Alex Crawford travelled on the road to the embattled Sweida province in Syria as armed groups clashes continue.

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‘Mass grave’: Medics appeal for aid at last working hospital in Syria’s Sweida

Hospital corridors were engulfed by the stench of the dead bodies that had bloated beyond recognition. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Israel reinforces fence between Golan Heights and Syria following Sweida province violence

The Israeli army continued to build a concrete wall on Friday to enforce the fence area separating the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria.

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UN refugee agency concerned about impact of Sweida hostilities on aid operations

The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern on Friday about the impact of hostilities in Syria's southern city of Sweida on its aid operations, and urged all sides to allow more humanitarian access.

After Israel allowed ‘limited entry’ to Sweida, Syria denies plan to redeploy forces in Druze-Sunni clash region

Syria’s interior ministry spokesperson stated on Friday that government forces were not prepared to redeploy to Sweida Province, according to the official news agency

US says 'specific steps' agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus

Israel's military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as deadly sectarian fighting in the mostly Druze province of Suweida continued.