Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Syrian man takes up arms at a gasoline station in a frontline village on January 23, 2026 in Sweida, Syria. (photo credit: Elke ...

DAMASCUS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The Syrian government and Druze factions controlling the southern city of Sweida carried out their first prisoner exchange on Thursday since deadly sectarian clashes last ...

AL MATUNA, Syria — Syrian government forces and Druze militiamen who control areas in the southern Sweida province on Thursday exchanged prisoners taken in clashes last summer, a rare step toward a ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticized the Syrian government for what it says is the lack of accountability on perpetrators of sectarian violence and killings on all sides in clashes ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A United Nations inquiry Friday urged the Syrian government to investigate senior security officials involved in violations committed during sectarian clashes last summer in which at ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces largely pulled out of the southern province of Sweida on Thursday after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority that threatened to unravel ...

By Amina Ismail and Layli Foroudi AMSTERDAM, April 22 (Reuters) - Armed men burst into the apartment where student Mohamad ...

Syrian Druze militias were attacked by troops allegedly linked with the Syrian government in the Sweida region, while clashes were reported in northern Syria, according to Syrian media.

Beirut: A meeting in Damascus on Saturday between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt focused on containing the fallout from violence in Syria’s Sweida province, ...