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Syrian government starts evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida in bid to end weeklong clashes

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to ...

In photos: Bedouin clans in Syria say they have withdrawn from Sweida following deadly fighting

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced Sunday they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong ...

Syria’s leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

Government forces that were initially sent to restore order but effectively sided with the Bedouins against the Druze were ...

US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this ...

Israel, Syria agree to cease-fire as Druze minority, Bedouin clans continue to fight: US envoy

U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said early Saturday that Israel and Syria had agreed to a cease-fire, following Israel’s ...
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Jordan: Petra’s Bedul Bedouin Community Displaced

The Jordanian government is forcibly evicting the Bedul, a group of Bedouins from Petra, in clear violation of their economic ...
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State Department confirms US citizen killed in Syria amid Bedouin violence against Druze

Hosam Saraya, an American-Syrian citizen from Oklahoma, appeared to be gunned down by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government forces last week.
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Israel didn’t give permits to these Bedouin villages to build bomb shelters. So they built their own

When the sirens wail in the southern Israeli desert to herald an incoming missile, Ahmad Abu Ganima’s family scrambles outside.