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Innocent people ‘raped and slaughtered’ in Druze clash
Tom Barrack, who is the US ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria and is aiding ceasefire talks, said the deal had ...
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The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history
The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...
‘They executed him then called his wife to brag’: Inside the Druze city ravaged by militias
Dr Talat Amer, a surgeon at Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, worked tirelessly for three days as bombs fell and ...
'There were bodies everywhere': Druze residents describe 'bloodbath' in Syrian city Suweida
One woman tells the BBC she cowered in her home waiting for gunmen to enter and "decide whether we should live or die".
Turmoil gives Druze divided between Syria and Israel rare moment of contact
Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack.
Explainer-Who Are the Druze and Why Does Israel Say It Is Hitting Syria for Their Sake?
Syria's Druze are concentrated in the southwest in the Sweida region bordering Jordan and in areas of Quneitra province, near ...
Syria’s Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes
Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern ...
Syria's leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes ...
The Druze: An insular faith, facing a fractured Middle East
At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity ...
Syrian Druze writer calls what’s happening in southern Syria ‘chaos killings’
As a fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria following deadly clashes, a Syrian Druze writer in exile Sarah Hunaidi tells ...
Syrian government urges respect for shaky truce in Druze region
Syria's Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on ...