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Syria's leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias Sweida

The Independent UK

Syria Forces Deploy In Druze Heartland After US Brokers Deal With Israel

Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.

International Business Times

Syrian presidency announces ceasefire after days of violence

Syria’s interior ministry spokesperson said earlier on Saturday that internal security forces had begun deploying in Sweida

The Independent UK

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Syria declares new Suwayda ceasefire, deploys forces to ‘restore security’

Israeli intervention ‘reignited tensions’, with fighting ‘a dangerous turning point’, President al-Sharaa said.

Al Jazeera

Dozens reported dead and more than 100 wounded after Israeli attacks on Gaza aid centres – as it happened

Gaza’s civil defence agency said ‘Israeli gunfire’ had killed 22 people at one site and four at another

The Guardian - UK

Escalating unrest in Syria lays bare new regime’s momentous challenges

Division between minority populations drag Syria further into cycle of violence and attracts Israeli opportunism

The Guardian - UK

Syria's interim president urges Bedouin tribes to commit to ceasefire to end clashes with Druze

The agreement comes after intense clashes displaced tens of thousands of people and contributed to a worsening humanitarian crisis in a region still recovering from over a decade of brutal civil war.

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Syrian security forces deploy in Suwayda; US brokers Israel-Syria ceasefire

US ambassador says truce was ‘supported’ by the US and ’embraced’ by Turkiye, Jordan and Syria’s neighbours.

Al Jazeera

Israel is exploiting the vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian clashes and a weak state

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.

The Conversation

West London man found guilty of travelling to Syria to join Al Qaeda-linked group

Isa Giga was arrested last year after travelling to fight for the Jaysh Al Fath group in Syria

Evening Standard

Man who went to Syria guilty of joining al Qaida-linked group

Isa Giga, 32, resigned from his job as a technical support consultant job and flew to Turkey before crossing into wartorn Syria in 2015.

Evening Standard

New Clashes Rock Syria's Druze Heartland As Tribal Fighters Reinforce Bedouin

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.

International Business Times

Israel says it will ‘allow’ Syrian forces to enter own city amid ongoing conflict

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The Independent UK

Syrian troops to return to Suwayda after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Syrian forces will return to Suwayda after clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin clans. A ceasefire was mediated by the US, Turkey and Arab nations.

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International Business Times

Sharaa's Pullout From Syria Druze Heartland Exposes Shaky Leadership

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.

The Independent UK

Israel to ‘allow’ Syrian forces entry to conflict-stricken city as violence flares

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

The Independent UK

Syrian government forces set to re-enter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

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

The Guardian - UK

Middle East crisis: Netanyahu speaks to Pope after three killed in Israeli strike on Gaza church – as it happened

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

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Al Jazeera

Syria to deploy forces as more Bedouin-Druze clashes erupt in Suwayda

Authorities working to resolve conflict in the south through political and security measures, Syria’s presidency says.

The Independent UK

Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes

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

The Guardian - UK

‘Shot in the head, as if executed’: four days of violence end with hundreds dead in southern Syria

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

Al Jazeera

Not just about the Druze: Israel’s rationale for its attacks on Syria

Israel has framed its attacks as in defence of the Druze – but the country has more self-serving reasons.

The Independent UK

Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

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

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The Independent UK

Syrian leader claims Israel is trying to destabilise country

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