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Sweida
Also known as Suwayda, al-Suwayda, al-Suwayda
A picture taken from the Israeli side of the border shows smoke rising near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights during fights between the rebels and the Syrian army, June 25, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
August 31, 2017, 8:16 pm
US to let Iranian-backed militias within 10 km of Golan Heights — report
Agreement with Russians on policing south Syrian truce said to anger Israel, other allies
By Stuart Winer
Members of the Syrian pro-government forces riding in vehicles on the road near the Syrian village of Hanna Safar, on the western outskirts of Raqa province, July 8, 2017. (AFP/George OURFALIAN)
July 9, 2017, 9:25 pm
Quiet as southern Syria ceasefire begins ahead of talks
Guns fall silent in three provinces of Daraa, Quneitra, and Sweida; as fighting continues in north, rebels worry country may split in two
By Layal Abou Rahal
A man holds a Syrian flag and a poster of President Bashar Al Assad during a pro-Syrian army protest in Majdal Shams on Monday. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
May 3, 2016, 12:47 pm
Druze resident of Israel freed after 12 years in Syrian prison
Bargas Awidat disappeared in Damascus in 2004; seven years later, his family learned he was serving a life sentence for 'spying'
By TOI staff
September 7, 2015, 2:34 am
Syrian Druze leader’s killer caught, says pro-Assad media
Bombings that killed Sheikh Wahid Balous sparked rioting in southern province that left six regime security officials dead
By Albert Aji and Sarah El Deeb
Israeli soldiers walk past vehicles of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) near the town of Majdal Shams, on the Golan Heights, April 27, 2015. (AFP/Jalaa Marey)
June 16, 2015, 8:19 pm
Israel briefly declares closed military zone in Golan Heights
Security sources said move aimed to prevent Druze in Israel from sneaking across border to protect Syrian brethren
By AFP and TOI staff
Israelis Druze wave flags during a demonstration of some two thousand people in the northern Israeli Druze town of Daliyat al-Carmel, calling for the Israeli government to support and help their relatives in embattled Syria, June 14, 2015. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
June 16, 2015, 6:42 pm
Syrian Druze have more to fear from Nusra than Islamic State
The besieged minority worries that rebels will fill a vacuum if the regime collapses in their region
By Avi Issacharoff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Moafaq Tarif, in the village of Julis in northern Israel. April 25, 2013. (Moshe Milner/GPO)
June 14, 2015, 7:39 pm
Israel weighs ‘safe zone’ for Syria’s embattled Druze
Military says no intention to absorb refugees, but memory of Holocaust requires action to avert 'mass genocide'
By Gedalyah Reback
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