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Al Jazeera
21-07-2025
- General
- Al Jazeera
Syria evacuates Bedouins from Suwayda after sectarian fighting
Syria evacuates Bedouins from Suwayda after sectarian fighting NewsFeed Dozens of Bedouin families are being evacuated from the Druze-majority city of Suwayda in southern Syria, where a fragile ceasefire is holding after a week of deadly clashes between the factions. Video Duration 01 minutes 18 seconds 01:18 Video Duration 02 minutes 24 seconds 02:24 Video Duration 00 minutes 58 seconds 00:58 Video Duration 01 minutes 01 seconds 01:01 Video Duration 00 minutes 36 seconds 00:36 Video Duration 01 minutes 06 seconds 01:06 Video Duration 00 minutes 46 seconds 00:46
ABC News
21-07-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Shaky truce holds in southern Syria
A tenuous truce appears to be holding in southern Syria, after a week of deadly fighting. Bedouin fighters have pulled out of the city of Swedia and government forces have also surrounded the city.
LBCI
18-07-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
UN says nearly 80,000 displaced by south Syria violence
Nearly 80,000 people have been displaced by sectarian violence in southern Syria that began last week, the U.N.'s migration agency said Friday. In a statement, the International Organization for Migration said "79,339 people have been displaced since 13 July, including 20,019 on 17 July," adding that water, electricity and telecoms services in Sweida had "collapsed" and fuel shortages had crippled transportation and emergency logistics. AFP
LBCI
18-07-2025
- Health
- LBCI
Syria's Sweida hospital has received over 400 bodies since Monday
The government hospital in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria has received "more than 400 bodies since Monday morning," including those of women and children, Omar Obeid, a doctor, told AFP on Friday. "There is no more room in the morgue, the bodies are in the street" in front of the hospital, added Obeid, president of the Sweida branch of the Order of Physicians. Violence erupted Sunday evening with clashes between Druze fighters and local Bedouin tribes, followed by the intervention of Syrian government forces, who are accused of joining in the fighting against the minority group. AFP
CNN
18-07-2025
- Health
- CNN
Syrian Druze writer calls what's happening in southern Syria ‘chaos killings'
As a fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria following deadly clashes, a Syrian Druze writer in exile Sarah Hunaidi tells CNN it's a 'horrible situation' on the ground, as food supplies run low and hospitals remain out of service.
