At least 203 people have been killed in sectarian fighting involving Sunni tribes, Druze militias and Syrian troops in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida since Sunday, a war monitor said

Israel launched several deadly airstrikes that targeted Syrian government forces in Sweida. The attack came as sectarian violence flared between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribal groups.

Syria’s defense minister has announced a ceasefire after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province on Tuesday. This follows deadly clashes between local Sunni Bedouin tribes and

Syria’s military entered a stronghold for the Druze minority in the country’s south on Tuesday to “pursue outlaw groups,” the government said, prompting Israel to launch strikes against the forces dispatched by Damascus.

Shehzadi Bilqees Saba's family fled sectarian violence in Pakistan, but the mother of five says they face uncertainty over protection visas in Australia.

An effigy of life jacket-wearing migrants and their boat burned atop a huge bonfire in Northern Ireland, a potent example of how the province's deep sectarian divide has fanned and mixed with anti-immigrant hatred.