Syrian military and security forces in Suweida. Photo: 15 July 2025/ The Syrian presidency says it will deploy a new force to halt the deadly sectarian clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the south of the country. Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's office urged "all parties to ...
Dozens of bodies recovered from homes and streets in Suweida city were brought to a local hospital on Thursday/ The UN human rights chief says his office has received credible reports indicating widespread violations and abuses, including summary executions and arbitrary killings, during the ...
A medic and other men walk past the bodies of those killed in the fighting at a hospital in Suweida city/ Over the last five days, Rima says she has witnessed "barbaric" scenes. The 45-year-old Druze woman has lived in the southern Syrian city of Suweida her whole life, and never thought her ...
The fighting was sparked by a dispute between the Bedouin and Druze communities/ A monitoring group says 594 people have been killed during the recent violence in southern Syria that took on a sectarian dimension. The UK-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) documented a significant ...
Father Gabriele Romanelli was among those who needed medical treatment/ Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for a Gaza ceasefire after three people sheltering in the Catholic church in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli strike. A telegram said the Pope was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of ...
A fire that tore through a five-storey shopping centre in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut has left at least 61 dead, local officials said. The blaze at the mall, which opened seven days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control. Videos posted on social media showed ...
BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab reports from Damascus, Syria showing the damaged Ministry of Defence headquarters following airstrikes by Israeli forces on Wednesday. Israel's military struck ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as ...
The Syrian president says government forces had expelled "outlawed groups" in Suweida city/ Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority ...
A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country's fragile security landscape as the new government attempts to impose its authority over the fractured territory. On Sunday 13 July, the reported abduction of a merchant from the Druze minority sparked ...
Israel's military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria on Wednesday, as deadly sectarian fighting in the mostly Druze province of Suweida continued for a fourth day. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said its forces were "working to save ...
