Hundreds demonstrate for Druze ‘self-determination’ (Credit: AFP) Hundreds of Druze took to the streets of Sweida in Syria’s south, with some waving Israeli flags. It comes after deadly clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin Sunni tribes.Hundreds of people demonstrated in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Saturday, demanding the right for self-determination for the…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Footage from security cameras at a hospital in the city of Sweida in southern Syria published Sunday showed what appears to be the killing of a medical worker by men in military garb. The video published by activist media collective Suwayda 24 was dated July 16, during intense clashes between militias…
State media says armed groups violated the truce agreed in the predominantly Druze region. Druze armed groups have attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in the restive area of Suwayda, killing at least one government soldier and wounding others, as well as shelling several villages in the southern province, according to state-run Ekhbariya TV….
Published on: Aug 03, 2025 04:47 pm IST Armed groups attacked Syrian forces in Sweida, killing one, wounding others. The assault broke a US-brokered truce. Syria has launched an investigation. Armed groups attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in Sweida, killing one member and wounding others, and fired shells at several villages in the…
(Reuters) -Syria’s defence ministry and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces traded blame over an attack in the northern city of Manbij on Saturday, casting a shadow over a landmark integration deal they signed in March. The defence ministry accused the SDF of carrying out a rocket barrage on one of the army’s outposts in the…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States urged the United Nations Security Council on Monday to adjust its sanctions on Syria to help the country’s government prevail in what the acting U.S. ambassador described as “the fight against terrorism.” After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December…
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria’s predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end fighting that has killed hundreds of people, state media and witnesses said. With hundreds reported killed, the violence in the southern province of Sweida has posed a major test…
Syria’s security forces have begun deploying in the restive southern province of Suwayda, a Ministry of Interior spokesperson has said, where heavy fighting between Druze and Bedouin armed groups and government forces has left hundreds dead, compounded by Israeli military intervention. The deployment on Saturday came hours after the United States announced that Israel and…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a phone call that the conflict in Syria needs to end immediately, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Saturday. Fidan said that he supports the constructive role the United States is playing in Syria and Turkey is ready to…
US ambassador says truce was ‘supported’ by the US and ’embraced’ by Turkiye, Jordan and Syria’s neighbours. Syria’s security forces have begun deploying in the restive southern province of Suwayda, an Interior Ministry spokesperson has said, where heavy fighting between Druze and Bedouin armed groups and government forces have left hundreds dead. The Syrian presidency…