Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city after days of fighting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/world/syria-sweida-truce-holding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #syria #religion #israel #us #ahmadalsharaa #middleeast

Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south last week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/world/politics/syria-green-light-us-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #syria #israel #us #religion #middleeast #donaldtrump #ahmadalsharaa