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Explained: Who Are Bedouins And Why They Are Fighting The Druze In Syria
- Sunday July 20, 2025
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
The Bedouins are traditionally nomadic, Arabic-speaking tribes who have inhabited the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa for centuries.
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Syria Says Withdrawing Troops After Agreeing To Ceasefire In Sweida
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Syria announced it had begun withdrawing its army from Druze-majority Sweida city on Wednesday night after agreeing to a new ceasefire that it said would bring a complete halt to its military operations there.
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What Is Happening In Syria's Druze-Majority Sweida?
- Wednesday July 16, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Syrian government deployed its forces in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in a bid by the Islamist authorities to extend their power to the area controlled by local armed groups.
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Israel To Remain On Mt Hermon 'Until Another Arrangement Is Found': Netanyahu
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Israel will remain on the strategic Mount Hermon site on the Syrian border until another arrangement is found, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Israeli troops occupied
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Israel Orders Troops To "Prepare To Remain" In Syrian Buffer Zone
- Friday December 13, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that is supposed to separate Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights.
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US Mulls Leaving Some Troops In Syria To Guard Oilfields, Says Pentagon
- Monday October 21, 2019
- World News | Reuters
The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday.
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US Troops Bombed Own Airbase Before Withdrawing From Syria: Report
- Monday October 21, 2019
- World News | ANI
The US armed forces demolished their own airbase in Al-Hasakah province in northeast Syria before abandoning it and withdrawing troops, Syrian media reported on Sunday.
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US Says Wants To Keep Helping Kurds In ISIS Fight
- Wednesday October 16, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The United States wants to maintain support for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in their fight against ISIS militants despite US troops withdrawing from northern Syria, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.
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Kurds Announce Deal With Damascus On Troop Deployment Near Turkey Border
- Monday October 14, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Kurdish administration in northern Syria on Sunday announced a deal with the Damascus government on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey to confront Ankara's offensive.
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US Troops In Syria Came Under Fire From Turkish Incursion: Pentagon
- Saturday October 12, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US troops near the northern Syrian border came under artillery fire from Turkish positions on Friday, a Pentagon spokesman said, warning that the US was prepared to meet aggression with "immediate defensive action."
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Turkey Opens Ground Assault On Syria's Kurds; Republicans Turn On Trump
- Thursday October 10, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.
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Syrian Kurds See American Betrayal And Warn Alliance Against ISIS Is Now In Doubt
- Tuesday October 8, 2019
- World News | Liz Sly, Sarah Dadouch and Asser Khateeb, The Washington Post
For the past five years, Syrian Kurds have stood alongside the United States in its effort to vanquish the Islamic State, in the process securing control over a vast area of Syria they hoped would form the nucleus of an autonomous Kurdish region.
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US To Leave 200 American Peacekeepers In Syria After Pullout
- Saturday February 23, 2019
- World News | Reuters
The United States will leave "a small peacekeeping group" of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a U.S. pullout, the White House said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump pulled back from a complete withdrawal.
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How Trump's Call To Turkey Over Syria Reshaped US Policy In Middle East
- Friday December 28, 2018
- World News | Reuters
President Donald Trump's declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from Syria has stunned Turkey and left it scrambling to respond to the changing battlefield on its southern border.
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After The Battle: Aid, Gunfire And Looting In Syria's Afrin
- Tuesday March 20, 2018
- World News | Reuters
A day after Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies seized control of Afrin, a Turkish aid group started distributing relief supplies in the town centre on Monday, but residents continued to leave after widespread reports of looting.
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www.ndtv.com
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Explained: Who Are Bedouins And Why They Are Fighting The Druze In Syria
- Sunday July 20, 2025
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
The Bedouins are traditionally nomadic, Arabic-speaking tribes who have inhabited the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa for centuries.
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www.ndtv.com
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Syria Says Withdrawing Troops After Agreeing To Ceasefire In Sweida
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Syria announced it had begun withdrawing its army from Druze-majority Sweida city on Wednesday night after agreeing to a new ceasefire that it said would bring a complete halt to its military operations there.
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www.ndtv.com
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What Is Happening In Syria's Druze-Majority Sweida?
- Wednesday July 16, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Syrian government deployed its forces in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in a bid by the Islamist authorities to extend their power to the area controlled by local armed groups.
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www.ndtv.com
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Israel To Remain On Mt Hermon 'Until Another Arrangement Is Found': Netanyahu
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Israel will remain on the strategic Mount Hermon site on the Syrian border until another arrangement is found, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Israeli troops occupied
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www.ndtv.com
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Israel Orders Troops To "Prepare To Remain" In Syrian Buffer Zone
- Friday December 13, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that is supposed to separate Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Mulls Leaving Some Troops In Syria To Guard Oilfields, Says Pentagon
- Monday October 21, 2019
- World News | Reuters
The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Troops Bombed Own Airbase Before Withdrawing From Syria: Report
- Monday October 21, 2019
- World News | ANI
The US armed forces demolished their own airbase in Al-Hasakah province in northeast Syria before abandoning it and withdrawing troops, Syrian media reported on Sunday.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Says Wants To Keep Helping Kurds In ISIS Fight
- Wednesday October 16, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The United States wants to maintain support for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in their fight against ISIS militants despite US troops withdrawing from northern Syria, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kurds Announce Deal With Damascus On Troop Deployment Near Turkey Border
- Monday October 14, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Kurdish administration in northern Syria on Sunday announced a deal with the Damascus government on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey to confront Ankara's offensive.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Troops In Syria Came Under Fire From Turkish Incursion: Pentagon
- Saturday October 12, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US troops near the northern Syrian border came under artillery fire from Turkish positions on Friday, a Pentagon spokesman said, warning that the US was prepared to meet aggression with "immediate defensive action."
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www.ndtv.com
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Turkey Opens Ground Assault On Syria's Kurds; Republicans Turn On Trump
- Thursday October 10, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.
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www.ndtv.com
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Syrian Kurds See American Betrayal And Warn Alliance Against ISIS Is Now In Doubt
- Tuesday October 8, 2019
- World News | Liz Sly, Sarah Dadouch and Asser Khateeb, The Washington Post
For the past five years, Syrian Kurds have stood alongside the United States in its effort to vanquish the Islamic State, in the process securing control over a vast area of Syria they hoped would form the nucleus of an autonomous Kurdish region.
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www.ndtv.com
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US To Leave 200 American Peacekeepers In Syria After Pullout
- Saturday February 23, 2019
- World News | Reuters
The United States will leave "a small peacekeeping group" of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a U.S. pullout, the White House said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump pulled back from a complete withdrawal.
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www.ndtv.com
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How Trump's Call To Turkey Over Syria Reshaped US Policy In Middle East
- Friday December 28, 2018
- World News | Reuters
President Donald Trump's declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from Syria has stunned Turkey and left it scrambling to respond to the changing battlefield on its southern border.
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www.ndtv.com
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After The Battle: Aid, Gunfire And Looting In Syria's Afrin
- Tuesday March 20, 2018
- World News | Reuters
A day after Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies seized control of Afrin, a Turkish aid group started distributing relief supplies in the town centre on Monday, but residents continued to leave after widespread reports of looting.
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www.ndtv.com