Can Iran Exploit Sectarian Clashes To Regain A Foothold In Syria?

Can Iran Exploit Sectarian Clashes To Regain A Foothold In Syria?

Sectarian clashes in southern Syria have created a fragile cease-fire and a potential opening for Tehran. With old proxy networks fraying and rivals watching closely, can Iran turn the chaos into a new foothold, or will its bid to regain influence falter?

Inside Syria’s simmering south where sectarian conflict threatens more bloody war

Bel Trew reports on the sectarian conflict that once again threatens to tear Syria apart

Bedouin Families Evacuate Syrian Province Hit by Violence

The cease-fire came after days of deadly violence between Bedouin tribes and local Druse militias. The government evacuated hundreds of Bedouin families from the southern Syrian province of Sweida.

Syria evacuates Bedouin civilians from Sweida as ceasefire holds

The government coordinated with local officials to evacuate 1,500 Bedouin people from Sweida.

Death toll in clashes in Syrian Al-Suwayda exceeds 1,000 people

According to Sky News Arabia, 427 fighters of the Druze self-defense units were killed

Syria Withdraws Bedouin Fighters From Druze-Majority City After Week-Long Clashes

Syria's armed Bedouin clans on Sunday announced that they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following over a week of clashes and a US-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.