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Syrian security forces are preparing to redeploy to the Druze-majority city of Sweida in the south of the country after a brief ceasefire collapsed, reigniting clashes with Bedouin tribes, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry.
The government’s move comes during heightened tensions following Israeli airstrikes targeting Syrian forces in Sweida, Damascus, and near the defense ministry.
The initial ceasefire, brokered with U.S. support, had temporarily halted days of violent conflict between Druze and Bedouin factions. However, renewed fighting Thursday night prompted the Syrian government to consider another troop deployment.
Israel has expressed strong opposition to Syria’s Islamist-led leadership, and carried out additional strikes overnight, asserting its intention to protect the Druze community in southern Syria — a stance echoed by Israel’s own Druze minority.
Despite this, the U.S. distanced itself from the Israeli strikes, reiterating support for the ceasefire it helped facilitate.
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has sought warmer ties with Washington, accused Israel of attempting to divide Syria and vowed to protect the country’s Druze population.
The world’s biggest dance music festival faces an unexpected setback as a fire destroys its main stage, prompting a last-minute response from organisers determined to keep the party alive in Boom, Belgium.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
A resumption of Iraq’s Kurdish oil exports is not expected in the near term, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, despite an announcement by Iraq’s federal government a day earlier stating that shipments would resume immediately.
'Superman' continued to dominate the summer box office, pulling in another $57.25 million in its second weekend, as theatres welcome a wave of blockbuster competition following a challenging few years for the film industry.
In the first half of 2025, Türkiye's startup fintech, gaming, and AI startups raised a combined $211 million, a clear sign of growing investor confidence.
On 11 August, 2025, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of States — Switzerland’s upper parliamentary chamber rejected draft resolution No. 24.321, titled 'Annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Release of Azerbaijan’s Political Prisoners.'
French President Emmanuel Macron has formally acknowledged that France waged a war in Cameroon during the country’s struggle for independence - marking the first time Paris has used the term “war” for its actions in that period.
President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order allocating funds from Azerbaijan’s 2025 state budget to support humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
Ankara and Tbilisi pledged to enhance "strategic partnership" in pursuit of peace in the Black Sea and Caucasus regions, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Kavelashvili, in Ankara on Tuesday.
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