Suwayda - Wikipedia
Suwayda (Arabic: ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء, romanized: al-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Suwayda Governorate , one of Syria's 14 governorates , bordering Jordan in the South and Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq ...
Opposition forces take Syria’s Daraa, Sweida as Astana talks set up
3 天之前 · Sweida is the heartland of Syria’s Druze minority and has witnessed antigovernment demonstrations for more than a year, as the cost of living shot up and tens of thousands of Druze men refused ...
Syrians celebrate after President Bashar Assad flees country | AP …
3 天之前 · DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule but raising questions about the future of the country and the wider region.. Joyful crowds gathered in squares in Damascus, waving the Syrian revolutionary flag in scenes that …
A rapid collapse of Assad forces in Sweida in the face of the …
3 天之前 · The Sweida 24 correspondent said that the civil groups and armed factions began to besiege one barrack after another, offered their members to surrender and avoid confrontation, and called on all ...
Syria army says ‘redeploying’ in southern Daraa, Sweida provinces
4 天之前 · Sweida is the heartland of Syria’s Druze minority and has witnessed anti-government demonstrations for more than a year. Daraa province, meanwhile, was the cradle of the 2011 uprising against ...
Why are Syrians protesting in Sweida? | Protests News - Al Jazeera
2023年8月29日 · For a second week, protesters have come out in Sweida in southwestern Syria to voice their anger at the government, with the Druze flag waving above demonstrators and banners of President...
Antigovernment protesters tear down picture of al-Assad in Syria’s Sweida
2023年9月8日 · More than 2,000 people marched in the government-held city of Sweida in southern Syria in an anti-regime protest movement that is getting stronger, an activist and a witness have said.
Residents in southern Syria raid ruling party offices, block road as ...
2023年8月23日 · Sweida province is home to the country’s Druze minority, and has mostly isolated itself from Syria’s conflict, now in its 13th year. “These are the largest protests that have taken place in Sweida,” Rayan Maarouf, Editor-in-Chief of local activist media collective Suwayda24, told The Associated Press.
The uprising in Sweida will continue until the regime changes in …
2023年9月5日 · Sweida, a predominantly Druze-majority province, has witnessed scattered and continuous protests throughout the previous years led by its intellectual elite. Nonetheless, the demonstrations were never as widespread and inclusive as today.
Syria's Assad's ruling party shut by protests in rebellious Druze city
AMMAN, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Protesters demanding an end to authoritarian rule shut the ruling Baath party headquarters in the southwestern Syrian Druze city of Sweida as protests which entered...