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Syria, Druze and Extrajudicial Killing

Syria's defence ministry says it is aware of reports of 'shocking violations' in Sweida

The Syrian defence ministry said on Tuesday it was aware of reports of "shocking violations" by people wearing military fatigues in the country's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, and said it would launch an investigation.

Barron's · 23h

Syria Launches Probes Into Extrajudicial Killings In Druze Heartland

Syria said on Tuesday that it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings in the country's Druze heartland, promising to punish perpetrators including any government-affiliated personnel after a week of sectarian bloodshed.

Deseret News on MSN · 1d

A fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria after hundreds of Druze civilians killed

After a week of violence that killed hundreds of people, the Syrian government reported that clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped.

Syria, sectarian violence

The Washington Post on MSN · 22h

Syrian American executed during violence in Sweida, relatives say

A 35-year old Syrian American man was among hundreds of people killed during sectarian violence in southern Syria last week — executed by gunmen after being seized, along with other relatives, from his family home in the city of Sweida,

CNN on MSN · 11h

US citizen among eight Druze family members executed during Syria’s sectarian violence

An American citizen from Oklahoma was among eight men, all family members, rounded up and killed during the sectarian violence that flared in Syria last week.

LA Times on MSN · 1d

Over 1,400 were killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, committee says

The violence was the first major incident to emerge after the ouster of longtime President Bashar Assad in December.

Syria, Sweida

Associated Press News on MSN · 2d

Evacuations begin in Syria’s Sweida as days of deadly clashes ease

Syria's government has begun evacuating Bedouin families from the southern province of Sweida after over a week of clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin fighters.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · 1d

Syria evacuating trapped families

Syria's government Monday started evacuating Bedouin families trapped inside the southern city of Sweida, where deadly fighting between Druze militiamen and Bedouin fighters has largely stopped as a ceasefire takes told.

Yahoo · 1d

Bedouin civilians leave Syria's Sweida as tense truce holds

Fighting erupted a week ago between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin. Syrian troops sent to intervene were drawn in and accused of widespread abuses against the Druze.

The Manila Times on MSN2h

Syria starts probes into EJKs in Sweida

Syria said on Tuesday it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the country’s Druze ...

Human Rights Watch1d

Syria: Abuses, Humanitarian Emergency Amid Sweida Clashes

Nine days of armed clashes and serious abuses in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have triggered a dire humanitarian ...

2don MSN

Calm reported in Syria's Sweida, Damascus says truce holding

Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported on Sunday that Israel sent urgent medical aid to the Druze in Sweida and the step was ...

'For our brothers': Israel's Druze rush to donate blood to Syrian relatives after clashes in Sweida

Dozens of people lined up to donate their blood as soon as the donation center opened and 40 samples were collected in just ...

In photos: Bedouin clans in Syria say they have withdrawn from Sweida following deadly fighting

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong ...

5don MSN

Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with ...

10hon MSN

Syria crisis: Chaotic scene in Sweida as armed men open fire on evacuation efforts

A group of armed men opened fire in the direction of a convoy evacuating civilians from Sweida on Tuesday (July 22) as it ...

14h

Syria: 'The smell of death is overpowering': Sky's Alex Crawford's eyewitness report inside Sweida's main hospital

In the Syrian city of Sweida, horror unfolds as a fragile ceasefire struggles to hold amid the worst outbreak of violence ...

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