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Can Iran Exploit Sectarian Clashes To Regain A Foothold In Syria?
SUWEIDA, SYRIA, JUL 22 – Sectarian clashes in Suweida involve Druze, Bedouin factions, Syrian forces, and Israeli strikes, with at least 940 deaths reported and 87,000 displaced, raising fears of wider regional conflict.
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US, Israel, Syria Talk Amid Deadly Attacks On Druze And Christians - Worthy Christian News
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS (Worthy News) – Senior officials from the United States, Israel, and Syria are due to meet Thursday to negotiate urgent security arrangements in southern Syria, after a week of deadly sectarian violence and Israeli military strikes targeting Syrian forces near Damascus. The meeting, confirmed by U.S. and regional sources, will be chaired by U.S. Special Envoy for …
Al Bawaba - "ISIS militants may have been disguised as Syrian government forces in the Sweida clashes." With these words, US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack defended the new Syrian government, especially after the events that took place in Sweida...
Hope of a new era for Syria shattered as sectarian conflict continues in southern city of Sweida
Just a few months into the tentative rebirth of a new Syria, a bloody sectarian conflict is once again raging in the volatile southern borderlands. War now threatens to tip the country over the edge and spill into an already unstable region.
Can Iran Exploit Sectarian Clashes To Regain A Foothold In Syria?
Sectarian clashes in southern Syria have created a fragile cease-fire and a potential opening for Tehran. With old proxy networks fraying and rivals watching closely, can Iran turn the chaos into a new foothold, or will its bid to regain influence falter?
Syria's defence ministry said it had received reports of "shocking violations" by men in military uniform in the city of Sweida, which has a large Druze population, and would launch an investigation.
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