US EditionInside Sweida with Druze Militia Group
SWEIDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 29 – The conflict began with the kidnapping of a Druze youth and has caused nearly 1,000 deaths, involving regional actors and complex ethnic and political tensions.
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Syria Druze families evacuated from Suweida amid fragile truce
Authorities in southern Syria evacuated a group of Druze residents from the city of Suweida on Tuesday under government coordination and security escort, amid ongoing efforts to stabilise the province following one of the deadliest flare-ups in its recent history. "Under government facilitation and security protection, a group of Druze citizens who wished to leave Suweida have been evacuated," read a statement from the Suweida Governorate as rep…
Inside Sweida with Druze militia group
The southern Syrian city of Sweida, torn apart by days of fighting, is still suffering a lack of food and fuel. Violent clashes in the region between Druze and Bedouin groups left more than 1,000 people dead. There are allegations of executions carried out by all sides, while survivors told Channel 4 News that government troops massacred civilians. Media are now restricted from entering the city but before then we spent four days there, hearing …
It's the morning of July 11, 2025, when a Druze fruit and vegetable vendor, Fadlallah Duwara, is traveling along the highway between al-Sweida and Damascus. A gang of Bedouins stops him, beats him, kidnaps him, and robs him. It seems like a news story, but in a Syria experiencing a power vacuum following the fall of Assad, it rekindles a history between two ethnic groups marked by rivalries over land, fueled by never-ending tensions between noma…
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