Israel bombs Syria's Druze city of Suwayda
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.
AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has once again surged to the forefront of the national crisis, this time with reports of field massacres and tribal clashes between Druze and Bedouins.
The fighting puts the U.S. in an awkward position, with President Donald Trump pursuing a path of normalization with the embattled Syria.
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Ceasefire collapses in Syria’s Suwayda as Israel threatens escalationFighting between Druze armed groups and government troops has continued in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda, with a ceasefire in tatters, as Israel launched further strikes on Syrian forces and warned it would escalate unless they withdrew.
The Commander of the Northern Command, MG Ori Gordin, warns that riots near the northern border divert efforts from the operation to protect the Druze in Syria from the Syrian regime.
Syria’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday accused “outlaw armed groups” of occupying the main hospital in the southern Suwayda province and using it as a base to target army forces.
Suwayda's ceasefire reveals deep Druze divisions as spiritual leader Hijri rejects deal, urging armed resistance, while cleric Jarbou backs reconciliation. The fragile truce faces existential challenges from internal fractures amid Syria's unstable transition.
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As-Suwayda Bleeds Anew: Sectarian Hatred as a Weapon to Divide the Syrian PeopleSuwayda’s blood spilled by the will of the authority Since the morning of Sunday, July 13, As-Suwayda province has become an arena of bloody conflict between the province’s defenders and attacking Bedouin tribes backed by factions under the command of the Ministries of Defense and Interior.
At least 30 people were killed and around 100 were injured in sectarian violence that exploded in Syria's southernmost As-Suwayda Governorate, the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Interior said Monday morning.
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