DAMASCUS, July 20 (Reuters) - Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced ...

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Religious minorities in Syria face persecution under the new Islamist government, highlighting the critical importance of ...

That afternoon, Netanyahu and Katz ordered the Israeli military to once again attack government forces and weaponry in ...

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim groups killed hundreds and threatened to ...

Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the ...

The interior ministry said clashes in Sweida city had been halted and the area cleared of Bedouin tribal fighters following the deployment.

The violence erupted in the predominantly Druze city in the province of Suwayda (also known as Sweida) on July 12, two days after a Druze merchant was reportedly abducted on the highway to Damascus.

Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and ...

Some Syrian military units are withdrawing from the southern city of Suwayda after days of deadly fighting. Secretary of ...

Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and ...

Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes.