The Latest Breaking News from Sweida

Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously close to direct conflict with Israel, after Israeli warplanes launched strikes against government buildings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on July 16.

Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.

Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that exposes the interim leader's weakness just as he sought to assert control.

Syria says it is moving to quell renewed fighting with Bedouin tribes

Clashes have erupted again between Druze militias and Bedouin clans in southern Syria

Leo urges Israeli PM to reach a ceasefire deal and expresses concern over ‘heartbreaking toll’ in region

Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern province that left bloodied bodies of civilians on the streets and homes looted

Sectarian divisions prompted the worst unrest in Syria since March as the Druze population of Sweida province suffered massacres and executions

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war

The fighting had threatened to unravel Syria's post-war political transition and brought further military intervention by neighbouring Israel.

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed Thursday that those behind violence against the Druze minority would be held accountable after deadly clashes in their southern heartland, saying security responsibility would be returned to local authorities.