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In the Golan Heights, Druze are loyal to Syria. But that loyalty is now severely tested
Sectarian violence in recent weeks in Syria's Sweida region has left more than 1,000 people dead. Druze in the ...
DPA International on MSN1d
Fighting flares up in Syria's Druze stronghold despite ceasefire
Fighting has erupted in the Druze-majority Sweida province of southern Syria, violating a ceasefire deal reached last month ...
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Violence Returns to Southern Syria as Ceasefire Breaks Down
Rabat — Clashes between Druze and the government have returned to Syria’s southern Sweida province. Four people died in fresh fighting on Sunday, according to monitoring groups, as the interim ...
Post-Assad Syria sees fresh violence as Druze, SDF clash; Israel raids southern border
New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and ...
Syria’s new rulers set up a committee to probe attacks on civilians in recent sectarian violence
Syria’s new authorities have set up a committee tasked with investigating attacks on civilians during recent sectarian ...
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Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore
When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which pressured them to support it, and by Islamist rebel groups that regarded them as ...
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Violence erupts in increasingly tense Syria
New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and ...
The Druze are a religious sect. Here’s a look at their beliefs and history
The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no ...
The Conversation on MSN11d
Understanding the violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad
A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...
How Sectarian Violence Drove Syria's Druze From Unity To Uprising
Clashes broke out last week that were sparked by tit-for-tat kidnappings between armed Bedouin clans and fighters with the ...
US citizen among eight Druze family members executed during Syria’s sectarian violence
An American citizen from Oklahoma was among eight men, all family members, rounded up and killed during the sectarian ...
Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence
Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the ...