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After Weeks of Sectarian Clashes in Syria, an Uneasy Truce Takes Hold

The fighting has stopped in the southern city of Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area ...
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Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida

Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination of ...

The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon

Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious ...
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The Sweida operation: How a lightning offensive became a war

When Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara was considering sending tanks and troops to the mostly Druze province of Sweida amid ...
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First aid convoy in days arrives in Syria's Sweida

A convoy of about 40 aid lorries entered Sweida on Wednesday through a reopened humanitarian corridor, in the first delivery in four days to Syria's embattled southern province. Red Crescent sources ...
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The Israeli-Druze Alliance of Necessity

Last month, clashes erupted between Druze militia groups and Sunni tribes in Syria’s southern province of Sweida. The enmity ...