DAMASCUS, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A new ceasefire agreement was reached on Wednesday between the Syrian interim government and Druze community in the southern province of Sweida, aiming to end days of ...

The escalation in Sweida began on Sunday after armed members of a Bedouin tribe in the countryside of Sweida reportedly assaulted and robbed a young Druze man near the town of al-Masmiyah, along ...