Daraa caught between Suwayda crisis and Israeli threats
Caught between the Suwayda crisis to the east and Israeli incursions to the west, Daraa grapples with new security, economic and social challenges.
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09, 2025
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07, 2025
Is there a road forward for Suwayda’s Druze and Damascus?
Activists in Suwayda who were once open to the Damascus government weigh in on how their views have changed following a wave of sectarian violence—and whether any path forward remains.
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05, 2025
University students latest pressure point in Damascus-Suwayda tensions
University students who returned to Druze-majority Suwayda during recent sectarian tensions on their campuses were stopped by a local armed group as they tried to go back to school last week. Some fear education is being politicized amid tensions with Damascus.
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05, 2025
Escalation and appeals for calm: Is civil peace crumbling in Syria’s Druze communities?
This week’s violence in Druze-majority Jaramana and Sahnaya reignited longstanding questions surrounding civil peace and the impact of sectarian violence on social cohesion in Syria.
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03, 2025
Thousands of Alawites seek refuge in Lebanon, where locals lead the response
Thousands of Alawites have fled to Lebanon following sectarian killings on the Syrian coast. Local residents are springing into action, while some fear a spillover of violence.
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03, 2025
As Jableh picks up the pieces, can residents overcome ‘sectarian tensions’?
A tense calm hangs over Jableh, while sectarian tensions remain following extrajudicial killings and property destruction during confrontations between pro-Assad fighters and government forces in the diverse coastal city.
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12, 2024
Sectarian fears rise as regime figures hunted in Syria’s Alawite heartland
As HTS-led security forces pursue former regime personnel in coastal areas, sectarian rhetoric circulates online, prompting locals to call for a distinction between “the Alawite sect and the Assadist sect.”
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01, 2024
‘Ambiguous relationship’: Where does Latakia stand on Suwayda’s movement?
When Suwayda’s protest movement began in August 2023, it met with echoes on the Syrian coast, where “a chorus of individual voices” openly criticized the regime from a region considered Assad’s base. But while Suwayda’s uprising continues, the voice of the coast has waned. Why?