Tag: Sweida
Druze seek Sweida autonomy and turn toward Israel, adding new twist to Syria’s tensions
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government fighters entered the city of Sweida over the summer in an apparent bid…
Syria working with US on ‘security understandings’ with Israel
Syria said on Tuesday that it was working with the United States to reach mutual "security understandings" with…
Main highway from Damascus to Sweida reopens to aid convoys weeks after Syria violence
SWEIDA, Syria (AP) — An aid convoy entered the city of Sweida in southern Syria via the main…
Syria delays parliamentary vote in Sweida after sectarian violence
(Reuters) -Syria's first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the southern…
Druze demand self determination in largest protest held since deadly clashes in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people demonstrated in Syria’s southern city of Sweida and elsewhere on Saturday to…
Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions
BEIRUT (AP) — New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a…
Armed groups attack security force personnel in Syria’s Sweida, killing one, state TV reports
(Reuters) -Armed groups attacked personnel from Syria's internal security forces in Sweida, killing one member and wounding others,…