Syria

Today is Sunday, July 20. It is day 653 of the war in Gaza, where at least 58,765 Palestinians have been killed. It is day 653 of the war in Gaza, where at least 58,765 Palestinians have been killed. In this episode: Mohammed Vall (@Md_Vall) Al Jazeera Correspondent Nour Odeh,…

MAZRAA, Syria (AP) — Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city. The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim…

As smoke and debris swirled over the Syrian presidential palace, the chatter in the West Wing grew louder: Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control. What they're saying: "Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time," one White House official told Axios, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname...Read…

Warning: This article contains details that some people may find disturbing. We found the streets of Sweida city strewn with mutilated, burned and decomposing bodies as government security forces struggled to enforce the first day of a US-brokered ceasefire. Large sections of the city seemed to be on fire as…

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The deal is intended to end violence in the south of the country. The post Syria Announces Ceasefire with Israel appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

Jerusalem Post / Middle East After multiple rounds of renewed fighting, will the Syria truce finally last? - analysis The challenge now is whether the two sides can de-escalate. Numerous Bedouin tribes from across Syria mobilized to fight in Sweida. Bedouin fighters stand together, following the Syrian presidency's announcement of…

Syria’s president on Saturday declared a “comprehensive and immediate ceasefire” after nearly a week of sectarian bloodshed in the country’s Druze-majority south, saying government security forces would be dispatched to the region again, but street battles raged on. The fighting, which started with clashes between Druze and Bedouin militias in…

An aerial view shows the city of As Suwayda, with smoke rising from burning houses amid clashes between tribal fighters and local Druze factions in southern Syria. Photo credit: Moawia Atrash/dpa The fighting in the Druze town of Suwayda (Suweida) in southern Syria continued on Saturday, as Bedouin tribes continued…

One day after reaching a ceasefire with Israel, Syrian military forces began moving into the country’s Suwayda Governorate (pictured) where dozens of people have been killed in recent days amid fighting between warring tribes. Photo by Ahmad Fallaha/EPA-EFE July 19 (UPI) -- One day after reaching a ceasefire with Israel,…