Syrian government soldiers patrol an area between Mazraa and Walga near the predominantly Druze city of Suwayda on July 14, 2025 [Bakr Alkasem/AFP] The Syrian Ministry of Defence has announced a ceasefire in the Druze-majority city of Suwayda, saying an ...

MAZRAA – Syria's armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city. The clashes ...

Sectarian fighting resumed in the south of Syria on Friday, damaging hopes of calm after government forces ended their offensive against a Druze minority stronghold. A witness told The National that Bedouin tribes had taken control of Mazraa, a Druze ...

Bashar al-Assad agreed on Monday to withdraw his troops from Syrian cities by April 10, but nobody really thought he'd do it until, surprisingly, they actually started withdrawing. At least that's what an unnamed Syrian official tells the Associated Press.