The Syrian presidency on Friday urged calm as violence escalated in the southern Suwayda region, announcing plans to deploy specialized units to

On Wednesday, state media declared the army’s withdrawal marked the end of operations against “outlaw groups.” A ten‑point cease‑fire agreement was read on national television by Sheikh Youssef Jarboua, one of Syria’s top Druze clerics.

Bedouin tribal fighters clashed with Druze forces in Syria’s southern Suwayda province on Friday, one day after reported revenge attacks in the wake of a government withdrawal touched off a new wave of sectarian violence.

Israel has struck the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defence and close to the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, dramatically escalating on another military front in the region, and following through on its threats to intervene over clashes between government troops and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda.

The fighting is over thanks largely to the intervention of US Secretary of State Rubio. The interim Syrian president has

An Upstate family is asking for prayers as a couple and their baby girl are trapped in Syria.Desiree Gomez, her husband Mohamad Shokair, and their 18-month-old daughter traveled to As Suwayda, Syria to visit family.

President al-Sharaa says ‘Israeli entity has consistently targeted our stability, sowed discord since fall’ of al-Assad.

The Syrian Druze community has three prominent religious leaders, as well as a number of armed groups that continue to operate in the area after the civil war.