Syria, Druze and Suwayda
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After a weekend of chaos, Syria has hit the brakes, at least for now. On Tuesday, the Syrian military announced a full ceasefire in As-Suwayda, where a violent showdown between Druze fighters, Bedouin tribes, and government forces had left nearly 100 people dead and hundreds more injured.
Syrian army begins withdrawing heavy military equipment from Suwayda to hand over city’s neighborhoods to internal security forces - Anadolu Ajansı
Syrian forces were deployed in Al-Suwayda yesterday while the city was placed under a curfew. Clashes sparked by an isolated incident have left about a hundred people dead, 60 of them Druze. At stake
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against Syrian military positions in southern Syria’s Suwayda province on Tuesday, in another act of aggression aimed at destabilizing the region.
Syrian government forces entered the battle-hit province of Suwayda on Tuesday, followed by an announcement of a complete cease-fire by the
Intervention by Syrian security forces to contain the escalation in Druze-majority Suwayda province has been met with resistance from the local Druze community.
The State of Qatar welcomes the Syrian Arab Republic government s announcement of a ceasefire in the southern city of As Suwayda,
At least 30 people were killed and around 100 were injured in sectarian violence that exploded in Syria's southernmost As-Suwayda Governorate, the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Interior said Monday morning.
What began as kidnappings has escalated into a war. The neo-colonial authority seeks to subjugate As-Suwayda, whose people demand democracy, equality and freedom for all Syrians.