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A Bedouin man who left Sweida governorate as part of an agreement between the Syrian government and Druze militants sleeps in a school that is used as a shelter on July 22.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2025
In Syria’s south, Bedouins uprooted by sectarian clashes see little hope of return
Fear, hostility and grievances on both sides leave little hope of displaced Bedouins returning soon to Sweida, a Druze-majority province.
Bedouins, many of whom were displaced by fighting in the Sweida region, receive donated bread in the village of Umm Walad, Syria, on July 28.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2025
Sectarian violence risks dividing Syria despite al-Sharaa’s diplomacy
The country’s Alawite, Christian and Druze minorities have voiced anger at the president’s Islamist administration following outbreaks of sectarian violence.
A wall is pockmarked by bullet holes following sectarian violence in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, on July 25.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 30, 2025
How Syrian attackers killed: One hand on the gun, another on the camera
Videos posted to social media provide some of the most detailed depictions yet of the sectarian bloodshed that erupted Syria this month.
An internal security forces member stands watch at a checkpoint in the village of al-Mazra'a on Sunday, after days of violence in Syria's Sweida province sparked by clashes between Bedouin fighters and Druze factions.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2025
Calm reported in Syria’s Sweida, as Damascus says truce holding
With hundreds reported killed, the bloodshed is a major test for interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa.
Tribal and bedouin fighters cross Walga town as they mobilize amid clashes with Druze gunmen, near the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2025
Syria believed it had green light from U.S. and Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops and on Damascus on Wednesday in an escalation that took the Islamist-led leadership by surprise.
Tribal and bedouin fighters cross al-Mazraa village in Syria's Sweida governorate as they mobilize amid clashes with Druze gunmen on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2025
U.S. announces Syria-Israel truce as new clashes rock Druze heartland
At least 638 people have died since Sunday in violence between the Druze and Bedouins, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Members of Syrian security forces stand on a road as vehicles transporting other Syrian security forces make their way out of the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2025
U.S. does not support Israel’s Syria strikes as al-Sharaa vows to protect Druze
Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, saying it aimed to protect Syrian Druze, a part of a minority that also has followers in Lebanon and Israel.
Members of Syria's security forces drive through the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2025
Israel carries out several airstrikes in Syria and Lebanon
Israel’s government said it was acting in defense of the Druze community, a minority group the Jewish state has pledged to protect.
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes in the distance as members of Syria's security forces man rocket launchers in an area between Mazraa and Walga near the predominantly Druze city of Suwayda on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 15, 2025
Israel strikes Syria after clashes involving Druze minority
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described the strikes as a “clear warning” to the Syrian regime that Israel would not allow the Druze to be harmed.
An Israeli Druze woman looks over the border between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria on May 4.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2025
Israel’s Syria policy could fuel more conflict and disorder
Israeli policy, part of a decades-old strategy of undermining Sunni power, risks paving the way for the emergence of a formidable new threat.
Resident Fahed Abu Haidar speaks to Mwaffaq Abu Shash, a Druze cleric, following deadly clashes between Sunni fighters against armed Druze residents in Jaramana, Syria, on Monday.
WORLD
May 7, 2025
Druze near Damascus resist demand to turn in arms as tensions boil
Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim militants after days of sectarian violence.
Armed Druze men stand at a checkpoint in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus, Syria, on Friday.
WORLD
May 1, 2025
Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze
Since Assad was ousted in December, Israel has seized ground in the southwest and vowed to protect the Druze.
A man stands near a damaged gate around a football pitch after a reported strike from Lebanon fell in the Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2024
Israel Cabinet says government can respond to deadly rocket strike
Hezbollah denied responsibility for the attack on Majdal Shams.
Mourners hold a mass funeral in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on Sunday. The Israeli military said the victims, 12 youths, died when an Iranian-made missile fired by Hezbollah landed on a soccer field in the town.
WORLD
Jul 28, 2024
Thousands of Druze mourn youths killed in Golan rocket attack
Since October when war in the Gaza strip began, Israeli forces and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement have regularly exchanged fire over the border.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2017
Syrian and Iranian backed forces advance on rebels in border area near Israel
Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion of Tehran’s influence in the war-torn country.
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
On nuclear policy, Koizumi agrees with Finnish defense chief: Japan ‘must not be naive’
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, inspect an honor guard before their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
Tomoka Nishiyama to become first woman to enter kishi shogi ranks
Shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama, who holds four women’s titles, speaks at a news conference about her decision to become a <i>kishi</i> in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Monday.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month&#039;s World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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