Syria faced severe violence, with security forces accused of mass killings in Alawite-majority areas. Over 1,000 civilians ...

US-backed group Syrian Democratic Forces in eastern Syria, and it may now have worked out an agreement with the Druze in Sweida in the country’s south. Unlike the SDF, the Druze in Sweida do not ...

One of the senior Druze leaders in Syria, Sheikh Akl, Dr. Sami Abi Al-Muna, said he opposes an agreement with Syria's new regime - led by Ahmed al-Sharaa - due to the regime's "extremism," ...

Druze leaders quickly disavowed the offer. But soon after, someone hung an Israeli flag in Sweida, an overwhelmingly Druze region in southern Syria, prompting residents to quickly tear it down and ...

A fighter from the Druze Liwa al-Jabal militia points to an area believed to be operated by smugglers and armed groups, at an outpost in Syria's southern province of Sweida, March 4, 2025.

In Syria, they are mostly based in the southern province of Sweida, although other communities live around Damascus and in northern Syria. - The Druze have a close-knit identity and distinctive ...

Hatim Abdelhadi, a 43-year-old from Sweida province, said that armed groups now roam freely in certain areas. Political experts agree that lawlessness remains a top concern. Ali Yousef, a Syrian ...

Around 40,000 Druze community members live in the southern Syrian provinces of Quneitra, Da'ara and Sweida under Israeli control ...

Syrian Druze hold up a placard in Arabic reads "Sweida will not be your poisoned dagger in Syria's back." as stage a demonstration against Israeli incursions into Syrian territory in the southern ...

Druze leaders quickly disavowed the offer. But soon after, someone hung an Israeli flag in Sweida, an overwhelmingly Druze region in southern Syria, prompting residents to quickly tear it down and ...