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Israel struck targets near Sweida, provided aid to Druze, rights group says

UK-based Observatory for Human Rights says drones and planes attacked targets while choppers delivered aid; according to rights group death toll from recent violence rises to 1,120 including 298 civilians 'summarily executed'

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 07.21.25

אבו מוחמד אל-ג'ולאני ששמו האמיתי אחמד א-שרע השליט בפועל של סוריה ומנהיג המורדים הג'יהאדיסטים מ הייאת תחריר א-שאם במפגש עם בכיר מקטאר ב דמשק 23 בדצמבר

The curious case of Dr. al-Sharaa and Mr. al-Golani

Opinion: Once jihadist ideologue, Syria’s new president now seeks legitimacy on world stage; but after three assassination attempts and brutal crackdown in Sweida, Ahmad al-Sharaa must prove he’s shed his terrorist past — or risk losing Western and regional support

Smadar Perry | 07.20.25

לוחמים בדואים ב א-סווידא סווידא מעוז הדרוזים דרוזים ב סוריה

Dozens of Israeli Druze may have joined fighting in Sweida, officials warn

Efforts are underway to dissuade hundreds of reserve Druze soldiers from joining the fighting in Sweida; meanwhile, humanitarian aid convoys face obstacles and local hospitals struggle under severe shortages

Yoav Zitun, Lior Ben Ari | 07.20.25

Syrian report: Israel attacked Bedouin militias, regime forces in Sweida

The strike came as Bedouin clans began withdrawing from the Druze-majority city following more than a week of violent sectarian clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire

Lior Ben Ari, Associated Press | 07.20.25

Syrian minister says Bedouins leaving Sweida, clashes halted

US envoy defends Trump administration decision to lift sanctions imposed on Syria but warns the Syrian ambition for the future is 'overshadowed by profound shock,' as brutal acts by warring factions disrupt government authority and semblance of order

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 07.20.25

לחימה קרבות ב א-סווידא סווידא מעוז הדרוזים דרוזים ב סוריה

Overrun Sweida hospital now a 'mass grave’; Israel mobilizes emergency medical supplies

Death toll in Syria’s Druze stronghold climbs past 940 as ceasefire falters; with bodies filling Sweida hospital, Israel to send life-saving aid via IDF; Health Minister Buso: 'The brotherhood between Israel and the Druze community is strong'

Or Hadar | 07.19.25

'They violated our honor': Bedouin gunmen storm Druze stronghold, videos show sheikhs shamed

Despite declared ceasefire, heavy fighting reignites in southern Syria between Bedouin gunmen and Druze militias; footage reveal acts of humiliation and mass killings; Al-Sharaa blames Druze but vows protection; reported death toll nearing 1,000

Lior Ben Ari, news agencies | 07.19.25

Syria's leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to ceasefire ending clashes with Druze

Ahmad al-Sharaa thanks Bedouins 'for their heroic stances' but demands 'they fully commit to the ceasefire and comply with the state's orders,' claims Israeli intervention 'pushed the country into a dangerous phase'

Associated Press | 07.19.25

Sweida clashes highlight fragility of post-Assad Syria and regional power dynamics

Violence between Druze militias, Bedouin tribes and Syrian government forces has escalated, drawing Israeli airstrikes and shaking fragile post-Assad alliances; sectarian mistrust risks destabilizing Syria and altering regional power dynamics

Associated Press | 07.19.25

Over 700 dead in Sweida clashes as Syria announces 'comprehensive' ceasefire

Ahmad al-Sharaa called recent events in Sweida a dangerous turning point, blaming Israel for reigniting tensions; despite a ceasefire, violence and unrest continue to threaten the region’s fragile stability

Reuters, Lior Ben Ari | 07.19.25

Syria to deploy troops to south; Druze say Sweida hospital has become a mass grave

Fighting rages on as Druze in Sweida plead for global help; over 400 bodies brought to city’s only hospital, where staff describe horrific scenes and corpses left in the streets; Syrian presidency vows troop deployment, saying it won’t 'respond to chaos with chaos'

Lior Ben Ari | 07.19.25

Why Israel is bombing Damascus to defend the Druze

Opinion: Little-known outside the country, Israel’s 'blood covenant' with the Druze—Arabic-speaking but neither Arab nor Muslim—explains Jerusalem’s rare strikes on Syria to protect Druze tribes, even amid fears of igniting a wider conflict

Michael Oren | 07.18.25

Elderly Syrian Druze cleric found alive after viral video of public humiliation, death reports

Shocking footage from southern Syria showed armed men forcibly shaving the mustache of 80-year-old Druze cleric Marhej Shahine; days after reports claimed he was killed in a massacre, a Facebook post by his granddaughter revealed he survived the attack

Lior Ben Ari | 07.18.25

Syrian Bedouins launch new offensive against Druze in Sweida: 'Truce does not apply to us'

Commander says ceasefire applied only to government forces, adding that they were trying to free detained Bedouins held by Druze armed groups in recent days; U.S.-brokered ceasefire had halted fierce battles in Sweida after 500 dead in days of bloodshed between Druze fighters, Bedouin militants, regime forces; hospitals collapsed under the toll as residents emerged to looted homes, scorched streets and mass graves

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 07.17.25

How Syria’s Druze heartland erupted into one of the bloodiest conflicts since the civil war

After a Druze youth was beaten at a Bedouin checkpoint, nearly five days of bloodshed left 350 dead, drew in jihadist-linked regime forces, triggered Israeli airstrikes and saw mass border crossings as a fragile ceasefire finally took hold

Ron Crissy | 07.17.25

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