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The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon

Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious ...

IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist who directed Syrian cells to attack Golan Heights

The IDF killed Hezbollah terrorist Hassam Kassam Ghraib in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon on Tuesday night, the military ...

Truce Quiets Syrian City Torn by Sectarian Clashes

The fighting has stopped in the southern city of Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area ...
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The full story of the Sweida operation: How a lightning offensive became a war

When Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara was considering sending tanks and troops to the mostly Druze province of Sweida amid ...

Syria’s president has opened up a hornet’s nest and it’s tearing the country apart

But its involvement risks deepening sectarian tensions. Israeli troops have seized parts of southern Syria, violating a 1974 ...

Tenuous Syria ceasefire falters

New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert ...
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Renewed clashes in Sweida between the Druze and government security forces. Four killed

Syrian state-run news agency SANA accused Druze groups loyal to influential spiritual leader Hikmat al-Hijri of breaching the ...

Fighters attack Syrian forces as ceasefire breaks down

Armed fighters attacked Syria’s internal security forces in the city of Sweida on Sunday, killing one person and breaking a ...
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Suweida truce under threat as Druze gunmen attack Syrian troops

At least one member of the security forces was killed and several others injured on Sunday after Druze gunmen attacked ...