(Beirut) – Nine days of armed clashes and serious abuses in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have triggered a dire humanitarian crisis, Human Rights Watch said today. The fighting between local Druze-led and Bedouin armed groups, exacerbated by the ...

Members of the Syrian American community in Portland are grieving the loss of loved ones following attacks in southern Syria.

Syria's southern city of Sweida witnessed intense clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Muslim Bedouin clans, resulting in hundreds of casualties. A US-mediated ceasefire led to the Bedouins withdrawing.

More than 100 demonstrators from Canada's Druze community gathered on Parliament Hill on Friday afternoon, asking for the government to intervene in an unfolding humanitarian crisis in Syria where hundreds have already been killed.

Syrian authorities have accused Druze militias of obstructing vital humanitarian aid from reaching the southern province of Sweida, deepening the crisis in a region already grappling with deadly sectarian violence and political instability.

The mass murder of the Druze is not a distant, regional crisis. It is a test of global conscience. Will we stop it?

Psychologist and lecturer at the University of Haifa Dr Sawsan Kheir says Israel is the “only country” in the world helping the Druze community. “Israel is the only country worldwide that stood up to this point for the Druze,

Syrian government forces are preparing a return to the southern region due to new clashes between Druze armed groups and Bedouin clans, causing mass displacement. Though a ceasefire was announced, violence resumed with significant humanitarian implications.

One of the leaders of the Druze community in Syria Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri called for an end to the attack on Sweida, urging a ceasefire enforcement, and denounced disinformation targeting Syria’s Druze community.