Footage Shows Medical Volunteer Execution in Southern Syria Amid Sectarian Violence

The images are the latest reflecting the wave of sectarian violence that has recently consumed the country and left more than 1,000 dead.

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Syrian Government Evacuates Bedouin Families After Deadly Clashes

The violence in Sweida Province between groups from Bedouin tribes and the Druse minority renewed fears of sectarian conflict and drew Israeli attacks before a cease-fire was announced Saturday.

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Smell of Death Lingers in Syrian City After Spasm of Violence

Blood in the streets, smashed windows and the smell of corpses in the air: A resident of the southern city of Sweida describes the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.

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Clinton Bailey, American-Israeli Who Preserved Bedouin Culture, Dies at 88

Armed with a camera and tape recorder, he spent decades documenting the ancient traditions of nomadic Bedouin tribes, creating a record of a vanishing culture.

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Israeli Hostage Declared Killed in Gaza as Fears for Captives Mount

Hamza Ziyadne, 23, was abducted in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel alongside his siblings and father, whose body was also recovered this week.

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Hostage Is Found Dead in Gaza Tunnel, Israel Says

The hostage, Youssef Ziyadne, an Arab Bedouin, was seized along with three grown children on Oct. 7, 2023. Two of them were released, but there is “serious concern” about the fate of the third.

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