Druze, Syria and Sweida
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Independent.ie on MSN‘They executed him then called his wife to brag’: Inside Sweida, the Syrian city ravaged by militiasTalat Amer, a surgeon at Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, worked tirelessly for three days as bombs fell and the building came under siege from government and militia forces.On the fourth day of fighting in the Druze-majority city,
DAMASCUS, July 20 (Reuters) - Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and the United States stepped up calls for an end to days of fighting.
Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze religious minority that threatened to unravel the country’s fragile post-war transition.
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Al-Monitor on MSNOverseas Syrians protest in London and Paris against killings of Druze in SweidaMembers of Syrian minority communities gather to demand international intervention to stop bloodshed; 'It's like ethnic cleansing,' says one protester
Syria's Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.