US EditionSyria’s Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes
SWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 17 – Over 500 killed in Sweida clashes involving Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and Syrian forces amid Israeli airstrikes targeting Syrian military assets, officials said.
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 300 Druze civilians killed in Sweida, including 154 civilians summarily executed by government forces.
- 257 government personnel and 18 Bedouin fighters were also killed, while 3 Bedouin tribesmen were executed by Druze fighters.
- Israeli airstrikes killed 15 government personnel, and Syria accused Druze forces of violence against Bedouin civilians.
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Erdogan Condemns Israeli Strikes in Syria, Vows to Defend Regional Stability - teleSUR English
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a forceful condemnation of Israel’s recent military actions in Syria, accusing Tel Aviv of exploiting the Druze minority as a pretext to expand its influence and destabilize the region. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan declared: “We did not allow Syria to be fragmented yesterday, we do not allow it today, and we will not allow it tomorrow,” reaffirming Türkiye’s commitment to Syria’s territo…
The rapid pacification in the post-Assad is likely to turn out to be a chimera. The tensions never endured in Syria historically divided between ethnic groups and religions re-emerge after the silent reckoning of the Alawite population and, now, with the violence between pro-government forces and druze. On Friday the Sunni tribes of the north-western Syrian region of Idlib loyal to the self-proclaimed President Ahmad al-Sharaa have mobilized to …
Escalating Violence Engulfs Syria's Druze Mountain
For months, Sweida in southern Syria has been a tinderbox waiting for a match. Now, the mountain of the Druze is burning. Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December, the region has essentially been mired in a low-level conflict. Trenches have cleaved the landscape in two. Armed checkpoints have separated Druze villages from their Bedouin neighbors. Criminality has been rampant. Armed robberies and kidnappings, assisted by ample di…
Death toll nears 600 in Syria's Sweida as Israeli airstrike hits...
DAMASCUS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from this week's deadly clashes in southern Syria's Sweida province has risen to nearly 600, as tensions continued Thursday amid an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Sweida, state-run media and a war monitor reported. According to Syria's official news agency SANA, an Israeli warplane launched a new air raid targeting the vicinity of Sweida city, a day after Israeli strik…
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