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Israel has been carrying out strikes on Syria since the fall of the Assad regime last December. This week saw a major escalation, when Israel said it attacked Syria to protect the Druze, an Arab ...
Tens of thousands of people remained displaced by the violence and the United Nations has been unable to bring in much-needed ...
Syrian Druze cross the demarcation line into the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams. "It's an indescribable feeling. It's like a dream. Israeli troops sought to control crowds and ...
The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Istanbul-based journalist Ruth Michaelson about unrest in Syria amid clashes ...
Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously ...
As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced ...
The situation in Syria aggravated on July 13 when clashes between Arab tribal militias and Druze self-defense groups broke out in the heavily Druze-populated Sweida governorate ...
For the Druze being slaughtered in Syria, or the millions of other victims around the world whose plight get no media ...
Fighting resumed in earnest in southern Syria after a massive army of Bedouin tribes launched a new offensive.
Renewed clashes broke out overnight into Friday between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in southern Syria.
The situation in Syria aggravated on July 13 when clashes between Arab tribal militias and Druze self-defense groups broke out in the heavily Druze-populated Sweida governorate ...