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A fragile ceasefire was put in place in southern Syria on July 19, after days of violence between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes that drew in government forces and prompted Israeli strikes on the ...

Barrack suggested that Israel would prefer to see Syria fragmented and divided rather than a strong central state in control ...

About 30,000 mostly Druze people are thought to be trapped inside the besieged city of Sweida and surrounding towns, with no ...

Syria 's government on Monday started evacuating Bedouin families trapped inside the southern city of Sweida, where deadly fighting between Druze militiamen and Bedouin fighters has largely stopped as ...

Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its airstrikes after intervening ...

The Druze spiritual leadership in Syria were at the heart of a negotiated ceasefire agreement, which permits Druze civilians ...

Syrian state media said on Sunday that the government had coordinated with some officials in Suwayda to bring in buses to ...

Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government responded by deploying forces to the city. Druze residents of Suweida told the ...

Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority ...