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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/23/2025 9:40:58 AM
Clashes between Syria’s Druze community and Sunni tribesmen showed the weakness of the country’s interim government and the dangers of Israel’s attempts at divide and rule
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7/19/2025 9:39:31 PM
France’s foreign ministry on Saturday called on all parties to respect a ceasefire announced for Syria’s Sweida province, where clashes between tribal and Druze fighters have continued despite the truce.
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7/19/2025 10:23:16 AM
The United States said early Saturday that it had negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Syria's government as new clashes erupted in Syria's Druze heartland following violence that prompted massive Israeli strikes.
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7/18/2025 7:41:12 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned that escalating violence in Syria’s Druze heartland threatens to engulf the region, accusing Israel of fuelling the unrest, while Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced “deep concern” and called for urgent de-escalation through dialogue.
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7/18/2025 12:36:49 PM
The United Nations rights chief demanded on Friday that Syria's interim authorities ensure accountability after days of deadly clashes in the southern city of Suweida that reportedly left hundreds dead.
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7/17/2025 8:24:00 PM
Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida on orders from the Islamist-led government, following days of deadly clashes that killed more than 500 people, according to a war monitor.
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7/17/2025 6:15:47 PM
A Kurdish official on Thursday urged Syria's new authorities to rethink their approach to the country's minorities following deadly clashes with Druze fighters in the south.
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7/17/2025 10:11:09 AM
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed Thursday that those behind violence against the Druze minority would be held accountable after deadly clashes in their southern heartland, saying security responsibility would be returned to local authorities.
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World
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7/16/2025 10:29:08 PM
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was an agreement to restore calm in Syria by late Wednesday, as he blamed misunderstandings over violence that included Israeli strikes on its neighbour's capital.
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7/16/2025 10:23:00 PM
Israel's air strikes in the heart of the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing and wounding several people, sparked a wave of international condemnation, as world powers warned the attacks threaten regional stability.
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7/16/2025 8:06:00 PM
Syria's health ministry said a series of Israeli strikes on the army and defence ministry headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday killed one person and wounded another 18.
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7/16/2025 6:20:18 PM
More than 300 people have been killed in days of violence in southern Syria's Sweida province, a war monitor said Wednesday, raising an earlier toll of 248 dead.
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World
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7/16/2025 5:14:26 PM
The Israeli army launched a new round of strikes near the Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters on Wednesday, state-run television said, after Israel warned Damascus against targeting the Druze community.
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World
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7/16/2025 2:27:36 PM
Israel said Wednesday it had hit Syria's military headquarters, after vowing to step up strikes unless the government withdrew its forces from areas in Syria's south that recently saw deadly clashes between Druze and Bedouin tribes.
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7/16/2025 1:23:11 PM
Syria state media said that the Israeli military struck the Druze-majority city of Sweida, where Syrian government forces have deployed despite Israeli warnings.
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7/15/2025 11:07:18 PM
The mainly Druze residents of the Syrian city of Sweida had hoped the arrival of government forces on Tuesday would spell an end to deadly sectarian clashes with local Bedouin tribes.
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7/15/2025 10:25:56 PM
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7/15/2025 9:58:05 AM
Syrian government forces will enter the majority Druze city of Sweida, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, to bring an end to deadly clashes with Bedouin tribes.
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World
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7/14/2025 9:43:33 PM
Syrian government forces were advancing towards the southern city of Sweida on Monday amid clashes in the region between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly 100 people, according to a war monitor.
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World
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7/14/2025 9:15:15 PM
Syrian government forces were advancing toward the southern city of Sweida on Monday after taking control of a Druze village nearby, an AFP correspondent said, on the second day of secterian clashes there.
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