Tag: Syria
In Syria, a City Shattered by War Asks for Its Sacrifice...
Mohammed al-Abad, a wiry young man wearing black jeans and wraparound shades, drives his motorcycle several times a week up a gravel hill...
What It Was Like Inside Syria’s Most Fearsome Prison
No place in Syria was more feared than Sednaya prison during the Assad family’s decades-long, iron-fisted rule. Situated on a barren...
Bedouin Families Evacuate Syrian Province Hit by Violence
The cease-fire came after days of deadly violence between Bedouin tribes and local Druse militias. The government evacuated hundreds of Bedouin families from...
Syria sees ‘cautious calm’ in Suweida after deadly clashes
A "cautious calm" has returned to the Syrian city of Suweida after a week of deadly tribal clashes between Druze fighters, Bedouin gunmen...
Syria presidency to send new force to halt clashes in south
The Syrian presidency says it will deploy a new force to halt the deadly sectarian clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the...
Almost 600 killed in south Syria violence, monitoring group says
ReutersThere is also a sizeable Druze community in Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended...
Syria’s President Condemns Israel After It Struck the Country’s Capital
Israel launched airstrikes against targets in Syria in Wednesday, following days of sectarian violence in the southern region of Sweida that has killed...
Syria president vows to protect Druze after sectarian violence
Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it...
Who are the Druze and why is Israel attacking Syria?
Tess Mallinder HeronBBC MonitoringGetty ImagesA fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country's fragile security landscape as...
US says ‘specific steps’ agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli...
ReutersThe fighting between Bedouin tribes and Druze militias in Suweida is said to have been sparked by the abduction of a Druze merchant...
