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Syria leader vows to protect Druze

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 leader vows to protect Druze after sectarian violence prompts Israeli strikes

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Israel Strikes Damascus as Sectarian Violence in Syria Escalates

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Almost 600 killed in south Syria violence, monitoring group says

Syrian state-run media say Israel carried out an air strike near Syria's southern Druze-majority city of Suweida late on Thursday.

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Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze

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Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israel continues strikes

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

The fighting killed hundreds of people over four days, with allegations that government-affiliated fighters executed Druze civilians and looted and burned homes.

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

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Armed fighters in streets of Sweida as Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again in Syria

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

Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.

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

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

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Israel Agrees to Allow Syrian Troops Limited Access to Sweida

Israel has vowed to shield the area's Druze community from attack, encouraged by calls from Israel's own Druze minority.

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Syrian Forces Withdraw From Sweida After Ceasefire Goes Into Effect

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

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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.

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Houses destroyed, church burnt: new wave of violence against Syrian Christians

As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced a new wave of persecution. Attacks on the country's Christian, Druze and Alawite communities were perpetrated mainly by Islamist jihadists.

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Syria announces ceasefire after latest outbreak of deadly sectarian violence

Syria’s defense minister has announced a ceasefire after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province on Tuesday. This follows deadly clashes between local Sunni Bedouin tribes and

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30 killed in sectarian violence in Syria

At least 30 people were killed and around 100 were injured in sectarian violence that exploded in Syria's southernmost As-Suwayda Governorate, the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Interior said Monday morning.