Druze

Internal Security Forces officers escort a Druze prisoner and prevent him from being attacked by Bedouins, at an Internal Security Forces checkpoint working to prevent Bedouin fighters from advancing towards Sweida, following renewed fighting between Bedouin fighters and Druze gunmen, despite an announced truce, in Walgha, Sweida province, Syria July 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Middle East

Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

Reuters reporters heard gunfire from inside the city of Sweida and saw shells land in nearby villages. There were no immediate, confirmed reports of casualties

Syrian security forces walk together along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to days of deadly sectarian bloodshed, in Sweida, Syria July 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo
Middle East

Israel and Syria agree ceasefire as Israel allows Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

Members of Syrian security forces stand on the side of a road in Sweida countryside, as vehicles transporting other Syrian security forces make their way out of the predominantly druze city of Sweida, Syria, July 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
Middle East

Syria's interim president says protecting Druze a 'priority'

Smoke rises while Syrian security forces sit in the back of a truck as Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday following two days of clashes, in Sweida, Syria July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
Middle East

Israel strikes Syrian city, vows to protect Druze from government forces

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and his son Taymur Jumblatt meet with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Middle East

Syria's de facto ruler reassures minorities, meets Lebanese Druze leader