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Calm returns to south Syria after violence that killed 1,000: monitor
AFP, Published on 20/07/2025
» SWEIDA (SYRIA) - Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,000 people.
Syria tries to enforce ceasefire in Druze heartland
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - 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 attacks Syria in defence of Druze, moves troops north
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/07/2025
» Israel struck Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday and moved more troops to the border in a bid, officials said, to prevent attacks against the Syrian Druze community.
Israel bombs Syrian army headquarters
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.
Syria deploys forces after dozens killed in Bedouin-Druze clashes
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» DAMASCUS - Syria deployed security forces Monday in the southern province of Sweida after at least 50 people were killed in clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters, a monitor said.
Syria announces arrests over Damascus church attack
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» DAMASCUS - Syrian authorities on Monday announced arrests over a suicide blast targeting a church blamed on the Islamic State group, as President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed those involved in the "heinous" attack would face justice.
At least 20 killed in suicide attack on Damascus church
AFP, Published on 23/06/2025
» DAMASCUS - At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group.
Ex-Irish republican leader Gerry Adams wins BBC libel case
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» DUBLIN - Former Irish republican leader Gerry Adams won a libel case against the BBC on Friday, and was awarded 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages over a report containing allegations he was involved in killing a British spy.
UN envoy urges Israel to halt Syria attacks 'at once'
AFP, Published on 03/05/2025
» DAMASCUS - United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following sectarian violence this week.
Druze take up arms against Islamists in Syria
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» JARAMANA, Syria - Syrian estate agent Fahd Haidar shuttered his business and got out his rifle to defend his hometown of Jaramana when it came under attack this week by Islamists loyal to the new government.