Syria, Sweida and Ceasefire
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Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority. Druze leaders and Syrian
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The National on MSNSyrian forces withdraw from Druze city of Sweida after Israeli strikes and US demands to pull outGovernment forces and allied militias began withdrawing from the mostly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria on Thursday. It comes after Israeli strikes to defend the sect and US demands on Damascus to pull out.
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Amazon S3 on MSNSyria accuses Israel of sowing chaos in Druze-majority SweidaSyria has accused Israel of sowing chaos following its airstrikes on the Druze-majority province of Sweida where violent clashes have left hundreds dead. FRANCE 24's Israel correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky has more.
Withdrawal follows announcement of truce, which a Druze spiritual leader says includes 'full integration of the province' into Syrian state, though other community leaders reject it
France has called for an immediate end to what it described as “abuses targeting civilians” in the Syrian city of Sweida, following reports of summary executions and other violations allegedly
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France 24 on MSNSyria withdraws army from Sweida after Israel bombs DamascusSyria's army began withdrawing from violence-hit Sweida on Wednesday after Israeli strikes on Damascus and US calls for a pullback from the Druze-majority city, state media said. Washington, which
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Al-Monitor on MSNSyria says local factions to secure violence-hit SweidaThe Syrian government announced Thursday that local leaders would assume control over security in the city of Sweida in an attempt to end violence that has claimed hundreds of lives and prompted
Minister of Health of Syria stated that Israeli aircraft prevented a medical convoy from entering the city, noting an airstrike targeting moving vehicles
In Syria's Druze-majority city of Sweida, residents said they have been living in terror since the arrival of government forces who have been carrying out what witnesses and a war monitor have called summary executions.
Dozens of wounded and dead arrived at a hospital in Al-Mazraa in Syria's southern Sweida province on Tuesday following clashes between local militias, clans and government forces.
A UK-based war monitor on Thursday said the death toll from sectarian violence in the southern Syrian province of Sweida over the past few days has risen to 360. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights relies on a network of sources on the ground and is generally seen as credible,