The United Nations, in collaboration with the Lebanese government, has introduced the first plan of its kind for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024. The initiative focuses on informal camps...
Southern Syria’s Sweida governorate has witnessed a dramatic security escalation in recent days, after rising tensions between local groups over kidnappings and theft spiraled into deadly clashes, triggering a military intervention by the Syrian government and airstrikes by Israel. On Wednesday,...
Damascus, Syria - Israeli warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes on Wednesday targeting high-level government sites in the Syrian capital Damascus, amid rising tensions linked to the conflict in the majority Druze province of Sweida. According to our reporter, three consecutive...
Damascus, Syria - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it struck the entrance of the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in the Damascus area, citing continued attacks by regime forces against Druze civilians in southern Syria. In an official statement...
Sweida, southwest Syria - Sweida city and several villages in its countryside in southern Syria were subjected to intense shelling on Wednesday by units of the Syrian Defense and Interior Ministries, according to the local news network Sweida24. The report...
Beirut, Lebanon - Dozens of Israeli Druze civilians crossed the border into Syrian territory on Tuesday near the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli military announced, amid growing anger over reports of deadly attacks on...
Last Thursday, U.S. lawmakers introduced a draft resolution in the Congress aimed at fully lifting sanctions imposed on Syria, including the “Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act.” This development is seen as a positive step, as the provision to repeal the...
Sweida, southwest Syria - Nineteen civilians, including a woman, were killed on Tuesday in a series of summary executions carried out in three separate incidents in Sweida, a predominantly Druze province in southern Syria. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
As Suwayda, southwest Syria - Israel has confirmed that its air force carried out strikes on Syrian regime forces near Sweida, a majority-Druze city in southern Syria, amid heavy clashes between government troops and local armed factions. In a joint...
As Suwayda, southwest Syria - Syria’s Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that forces from the Interior and Defense Ministries have begun entering the southern city of As Suwayda, imposing a curfew following days of violent clashes that left dozens dead...