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Ceasefire in southern Syria appears to be holding as US demands Damascus end violence
The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of ...
Middle East latest: US demands Syria bring perpetrators 'to justice' as bodies line streets
Sky News' special correspondent Alex Crawford is in southern Syria, where the government says escalating violence has been ...
The Druse: An Insular Faith, Facing a Fractured Middle East
Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now ...
Syria steps back from 'open war' in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence
Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...
Middle East latest: Syrian government says southern clashes halted as dead and wounded 'fill hospital'
Sky News' special correspondent Alex Crawford is in southern Syria, where the government says escalating violence has been ...
Syria's New Leader Won Trump's Approval—He May Soon Be on Israel's Hit List
"If Israel feels that a certain leader...is an evident threat to its national security, it will operate," a former Israeli ...
AI investments and Syria’s development – this week’s business headlines from the Middle East
This week saw the announcement of a potential Saudi-backed investment in Elon Musk’s xAI, new Bahrain-US deals and DP World’s ...
Are We Seeing the Outlines of a New Middle East?
A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...
Clashes Kill Dozens in America's Newest Friend in the Middle East
Clashes between armed groups in Syria have killed at least 30 people as the United States seeks to support the new ...
The Druze: An insular faith, facing a fractured Middle East
At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity ...
Middle East: Clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike
Here is a round-up of developments in Syria, Israel, Gaza and the wider Middle East on Friday, July 18:. Merz: Israel's ...