The Syrian government dispatched buses to Suwayda on Tuesday to evacuate families trapped in the southern city amid security unrest. Syria’s state news agency SANA said that the buses began to enter the city to move the trapped families out of the area. The agency published photos showing...

On Monday, Daraa Governorate, in southern Syria, received approximately 200 families from tribes who were forcibly displaced from As-Suwayda Governorate, amid escalating intimidation and violations carried out by armed Druze groups. The families are affiliated with the so-called "Military...

Over the past few hours, Syrian public opinion has been subjected to a torrent of fabricated news circulated through media outlets and social media pages, as part of a clear disinformation campaign aimed at spreading panic and distorting facts on the ground. Zaman al-Wasl has monitored...

A US envoy doubled down on Washington’s support for the new government in Syria, saying Monday there is no Plan B to working with the current authorities to unite the country still reeling from a nearly 14-year civil war and now wracked by a new outbreak of sectarian violence.  He took...

The Syrian government on Monday started evacuating Bedouin families trapped inside the city of Sweida, where Druze and Bedouin fighters have clashed for over a week. The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to...

ICAD Facts provides a detailed temporal and spatial analysis to answer crucial questions surrounding the Sweida National Hospital massacre, which occurred on July 16, 2025. The investigation aims to determine responsibility—Druze factions or Syrian security forces?—and whether casualties...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa received on Sunday the final report of the National Fact-Finding and Investigation Committee into the events of last March that occurred on the Syrian coast following security tensions following an attack by remnants of the regime of ousted President Bashar...

Residents reported calm in Syria’s Sweida on Sunday after the Syrian government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a US envoy signaled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented. With hundreds reported killed, the Sweida...

The Syrian Interior Ministry reached an agreement to evacuate civilians from the Suwayda province due to the ongoing security situation, the state-run news agency SANA reported Monday morning. Ahmad al-Dalati, the province’s internal security chief, confirmed that the agreement followed...

Fighting in Syria’s Sweida “halted” on Sunday, the government said, after the southern city was recaptured by Druze fighters and state forces redeployed to the region where more than 900 people have been killed in sectarian violence. Druze fighters had pushed out rival armed factions from...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the US was “heavily involved” in talks over the past couple of days as clashes escalated in southern Syria. “The US has remained heavily involved over the last three days with Israel, Jordan and authorities in Damascus on the horrifying...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa confirmed on Saturday that the government had received international calls to intervene and impose security and stability in the country, amid escalating security tensions in Sweida province. In televised remarks, al-Sharaa explained that the recent Israeli...

The Syrian government said its internal security forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday as the presidency called on all parties to respect a ceasefire following bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has left hundreds dead. In a statement, the Syrian presidency announced an...

US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Friday that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan and neighbors. On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus, while also hitting government forces in the south, demanding they withdraw and claiming that...

Tribal fighters in the Sweida countryside found advanced military equipment, including two types of missiles. The first is believed to be a US-made air-to-air missile, similar to the AIM-9 Sidewinder, used to intercept aircraft in close air engagements. It can also be used against ground...

Local sources told Al Jazeera that tribal forces took control of the Al-Anqoud roundabout and entered the city of Sweida. The tribal forces had launched a counterattack in the western Sweida countryside following violations and killings committed by armed Druze groups against...

Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the whole of Sweida province on Thursday after days of sectarian bloodshed in the heartland of the Druze minority, according to AFP. Syria announced it would be withdrawing its army from Druze-majority Sweida city on Wednesday night after...

The 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 Israel’s military intervention in support of the Druze minority. Syrian forces had deployed to...

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protecting the Druze citizens and their rights is “our priority,” as Israel vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria. In his first televised statement after the powerful Israeli airstrikes on...

An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that some troops stationed in the Gaza Strip were to be redeployed to the area of the frontier with Syria, where Israel has struck claiming to defend the Druze minority. The military official told reporters during a briefing that some soldiers...