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Here’s What Triggered the Latest Deadly Violence in Syria, and Why It Matters
SWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 15 – Clashes began after a robbery at a checkpoint, escalating sectarian violence that left 99 dead and displaced thousands in Sweida, Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
- On Monday, July 14, 2025, Druze militias clashed with Sunni Bedouin clans in Sweida city, southern Syria, killing dozens.
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said clashes began after a Bedouin checkpoint robbery, with a Druze man attacked and subsequent tit-for-tat attacks.
- Among those killed, 60 were Druze including two children, and 18 were from Bedouin tribes, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, while the Syrian Ministry of Interior said at least 30 people were killed and 100 injured.
- Syria's Ministry of Interior declared martial law and deployed forces on Tuesday, July 15, and Israel launched air attacks on Sweida to protect the Druze minority.
- With residents fleeing villages toward Sweida amid fears the fighting may soon reach urban centers, the instability threatens to derail Syria's fragile recovery.
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Daily Bulletin
Here’s what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters
BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country’s fragile postwar order. Syria is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from decades of dictatorship and nearly 14 years of civil war. Clashes have on several occasions broken out between forces loyal to the government and Druze fighters since the fall of President Bash…
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Here's what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters
Clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups have escalated, drawing Israeli intervention and raising fears of a breakdown in the country’s fragile postwar order. The fighting intensified this week in Sweida province after a robbery at a checkpoint…
Fierce Clashes Breakout in Syria’s Sweida, Leading to Displacement
At least 37 killed in violent clashes between Druze factions and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, southern Syria, as local groups blame the government for escalating insecurity and declare general mobilization. Fierce clashes broke out overnight Monday in southern Syria, leaving at least 37 people dead and prompting waves of displacement in the Sweida governorate. According to local sources who spoke to Al Mayadeen, violent confrontations erupted betwe…
In the Drusa city of Suwayda Bedouin clan attack neighborhoods and local leaders, in clashes that cause at least 90 deaths. The army intervenes to restore calm. In the background the tensions between the new government, the Drusi and the negotiations with Israel on the Golan.In Syria the new leader at the Shara la...
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