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An exchange of captives takes place in the town of Metune, located in the northern countryside of Syria's southern Suwayda province, under the coordination of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent

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Gunmen kill two in Syria's Druze-majority Suweida province

Druze spiritual leader Hikmat al-Hijri has once again called for Suweida's 'independence' as gunmen killed two people in an attack on the Damascus-Suweida road

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

28 October, 2025

Hikmat al-Hijri is one of the most influential Druze spiritual and political figures in Suweida

Post-Assad Syria

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Syria Druze leader rejects Damascus talks, praises Israel

The New Arab Staff

18 September, 2025

Post-Assad Syria

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Will Druze demands for autonomy redraw Syria's political map?

Robert Bociaga

26 August, 2025

Sheikh Hikmat Salman al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze, speaks during an exclusive interview on the occasion of the collapse of the 61-year Baathist regime in Damascus, Syria on December 26, 2024

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Syrian religious leader vows 'separate' region for Druze

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

25 August, 2025

The UN denounced massacres against Druze in the Suweida province

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UN experts warn of massacres, sexual attacks against Syria Druze

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

22 August, 2025

A group of Syrian activists launch a sit-in to protest the ongoing violence in the country, on July 18, 2025, in Damascus, Syria

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Syria: Anger as Israel talks trump national dialogue on Suweida

The New Arab Staff

21 August, 2025

Suweida - Syria - clashes

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Suicide bombing in Syria’s Aleppo amid Suweida unrest

The New Arab Staff

18 August, 2025

This aerial view shows smoke rising in the city of Sweida in southern Syria's Druze majority province on July 19, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Protesters in Syria's Suweida demand right to self-determination

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

16 August, 2025

Black smoke rises as authorities extended the curfew in the cities of Latakia and Tartus in northwest Syria on Friday and launched large-scale security sweeps on Syria's coast

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UN report finds violations against Alawites in coastal Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

14 August, 2025

The Syrian Red Crescent delivers aid to Suweida on August 6 2025 [Getty]

Syria

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Israel, Syria to discuss 'humanitarian corridor' to Suweida

The New Arab Staff

13 August, 2025

Republican Congressman Abraham Hamadeh is of Syrian and partially Druze ancestry [Getty]

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US congressman meets Sharaa in Damascus after flying from Israel

The New Arab Staff

12 August, 2025

Syria's foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani and US special envoy Tom Barrack will attend the meeting

Post-Assad Syria

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Amman Syria talks on Suweida go ahead without Druze involvement

The New Arab Staff

11 August, 2025

Red Crescent rescuers lay down bodies of victims of the recent clashes between local Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes, inside a hospital in Syria's southern city of Sweida on July 17, 2025. (Photo by SHADI AL-DUBAISI/AFP via Getty Images)

Suweida

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Suweida hospital killing video revives independent probe demands

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

11 August, 2025

Suweida - Syria - clashes

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Suweida commander admits US, Israel coordination after clashes

The New Arab Staff

08 August, 2025

Bedouin and tribal gunmen keep a position during clashes with Druze fighters in Syria's southern city of Sweida, despite an announcement by the Syrian interim president of an "immediate ceasefire" on July 19, 2025.

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Suweida truce under threat as Druze gunmen attack Syrian troops

The New Arab Staff

03 August, 2025

Military Units Deployed To Sweida After Armed Clashes Leave Over Thi

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Syria Druze protesters demand government forces withdraw

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

01 August, 2025

Clashes in Suweida killed thousands of mainly Druze residents

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Syria forms committee to investigate violence in Druze heartland

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

01 August, 2025