Residents reported calm in Syria’s Sweida on Sunday after the Syrian government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a US envoy signaled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented.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

A joint Gulf-Arab-Turkish statement welcomed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s commitment to holding those responsible for recent abuses in Syria’s southern province of Sweida to account. The statement rejected all forms of foreign interference in Syria’s internal affairs and reaffirmed...

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...

The Turkish and Syrian presidents on Thursday spoke over the phone and discussed the latest developments in Syria following Israel's attacks, Türkiye’s Communications Directorate said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Syrian counterpart Ahmad al-Sharaa that Israel’s attacks on...

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...

Israel has launched several air strikes in the heart of the Syrian capital, Damascus, as clashes continued in the southwestern city of Suwayda after a truce between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces struck near the entrance...

Clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to days of deadly sectarian bloodshed. The outbreak of violence in the...

The US military has completely withdrawn from the Tal Baydar military base north of Hasakah province, in addition to dismantling its observation tower at the Jabal Abdul Aziz observatory south of the province, a local correspondent told Zaman al-Wasl on Tuesday. The correspondent observed...

Israel says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze city following two days of deadly sectarian clashes. At least 200 people have been killed since the fighting between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted on Sunday, UK-based...

Lebanon’s Druze leader on Tuesday called on Druze residents in Syria’s Sweida to integrate themselves into the state after deadly clashes ensued for the third day in a row. “The Druze in Sweida should integrate themselves with the state and not try to become isolated,” Walid Joumblatt said...