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A fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria

A fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria after hundreds of Druze civilians killed

After a week of violence that killed hundreds of people, the Syrian government reported that clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped.

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

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Syria evacuates Bedouin from Druze-majority Sweida as ceasefire holds

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Bedouin civilians evacuate Syria's Sweida as tense truce holds

Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday (July 21) as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end fighting that has killed hundreds of people...

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Ceasefire in southern Syria appears to be holding as US demands Damascus end violence

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Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after fighting

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Bedouin fighters withdraw from Syrian province hit by violence

The crisis is the most significant in Sharaa’s fledgling presidency, underscoring Syria’s fragility eight months after he led a rebel offensive that toppled former dictator Bashar al-Assad and ended ...

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Calm returns to south Syria after violence that killed over 1,100: monitor

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Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out

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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 infidels. The Druze straddled a fine line throughout the war, seeking, not always successfully, to be left on their own.

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Syrian forces struggle to implement ceasefire in Druze region

Syria's Islamist-led government struggled to implement a ceasefire in the predominantly Druze region of Sweida on Saturday, with machinegun fire and mortar shelling ringing out after days of bloodshed.

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 in an execution-style attack during the sectarian violence that flared in Syria last week.

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Druze regain control of Sweida city after Syria announces ceasefire

Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.Israel had bombed defence ministry forces in both Sweida and Damascus earlier this week to force their withdrawal after they were accused of summary executions and other abuses against Druze civilians during their brief deployment in the southern province.

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Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire

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

Syrian government and leaders of the Druze minority announce new ceasefire

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed ceasefire after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country’s postwar political transition and have drawn intervention by Syria’s powerful neighbor, Israel.

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Ceasefire in Sweida: The Struggle for Stability Amid Sectarian Clashes

Syria's southern city of Sweida witnesses a fragile ceasefire after deadly battles between Druze militiamen and Bedouin fighters. The conflict displaced over 128,000 people. While evacuation efforts are underway,

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In photos: Bedouin clans in Syria say they have withdrawn from Sweida following deadly fighting

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.