One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street.

Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with ...

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Syrian Bedouin fighters launched a new offensive in Syria's Sweida province against Druze fighters, a Bedouin military ...

In Syria's Druze city of Sweida, sectarian violence has led to numerous deaths, with government forces clashing with Druze ...

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Residents emerged from their homes to scenes of devastation on Thursday after government forces withdrew from the Syrian ...

Syrian government forces largely pulled out of the southern province of Sweida on Thursday after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority that threatened to unravel the country's ...

The invasion of Sweida, by forces aligned with the Syrian government, opened the stage for further Israeli land-grabs.