Tens of thousands have been uprooted in Syria during a week of bloodletting that shattered generations of fragile coexistence and all but ended the Bedouins’ presence in most of Sweida. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/world/syria-bedouins-sectarian-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #druze #syria #middleeast #bedouins
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has won major diplomatic victories since seizing power nine months ago, but he risks losing the battle that matters most: to hold his deeply divided country together. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/politics/sectarian-violence-syria-al-sharaa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #syria #ahmedalsharaa #druze #middleeast #religion
Videos posted to social media provide some of the most detailed depictions yet of bloodshed that erupted Syria this month, initially between local Druze militia and Bedouin tribal fighters and later government forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/world/syrian-attackers-gun-camera/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #syria #druze
Israel launched attacks in southern Syria on Monday after deadly clashes that involved the Druze community, a minority group that the Jewish state has pledged to protect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/israel-syria-druze-minority/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #syria #druze