Syria, Sweida and Bedouin
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The violence in the Druze-majority city was some of the most brutal in Syria since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.
Dozens of people lined up to donate their blood as soon as the donation center opened and 40 samples were collected in just two hours. Magen David Adom began a blood drive on Sunday in the Druze-majority village of Isfiya to support Syrian Druze wounded by militia groups and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime forces in recent clashes,
Nine days of armed clashes and serious abuses in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have triggered a dire humanitarian crisis,
The Directorate said on its telegram channel “Based on the Ministry’s strict directives prohibiting any non-affiliated forces from entering the military operations zone, a committee has been Set up to detect violations that occurred in Sweida, and open a probe on the perpetrator’s background.
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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Eyewitness video released on Sunday (July 20) appears to show bodies, some of them covered or bagged, on the national hospital grounds in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, following violence in Syria's southern province.