Armed Bedouin tribesmen near Syria's Sweida pledged to carry on fighting. Sectarian clashes escalated in country's ...

The Bedouins are traditionally nomadic, Arabic-speaking tribes who have inhabited the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa for centuries.

Ceasefire in Sweida after Druze fighters recapture city, government orders halt to sectarian violence with U.S.-brokered deal ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the US has “heavily involved” over the past couple of days as clashes ...

Fighting in Syria's Sweida "halted", the government said, after the southern city was recaptured by Druze fighters and state forces redeployed to the region where more than 900 people have been killed ...

The US secretary of state has pressed Syria to ensure justice for atrocities, regardless of the perpetrator's rank.