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Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets

Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after 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 loo

Associated Press · 14h

Armed fighters in streets of Sweida as Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again in Syria

Clashes flared up again Friday between Druze militiamen and Sunni Bedouin tribes around Sweida in southern Syria.

BBC · 22h

'There were bodies everywhere': Druze residents describe 'bloodbath' in Syrian city Suweida

One woman tells the BBC she cowered in her home waiting for gunmen to enter and "decide whether we should live or die".

NPR2mon

The view from the Druze community in the Golan Heights : NPR

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution2mon

At least 10 dead in Syria after sectarian clashes in Druze suburb of ...

Druze gunmen stand next to a checkpoint a day after clashes between members of the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters left at least four people dead in the southern suburb of Jaramana ...

The Economist2mon

The Druze’s influence outweighs their numbers - The Economist

Today Syria’s Druze, concentrated along the borders with Israel and Jordan, are caught between an Islamist-leaning government they distrust and Israel’s increasing encroachment on Syria.

NPR3mon

Druze population resists Syrian government's push to disband militias

Druze make up less than 3% of Syria's population, but they're a majority in Suwayda, Syria's southernmost province, which borders Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

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