Druze, Syria and Israel
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Sectarian violence erupted again in southern Syria as local Sunni Bedouin tribes fought armed factions for the Druze religious community. The Syrian government dispatched troops to restore order, and Israel launched airstrikes to protect the Druze.
Druze leader warns of massacres under Syria’s new regime, urges Israel to take the threat seriously amid growing violence in Sweida .
Syria's Druze spiritual leaders plead for global intervention to "Save al-Suwayda" as clashes with government forces kill nearly 250 and create a dire humanitarian crisis with executions and a hospital siege,
At least 248 people have been killed in southern Syria’s Sweida province following several days of clashes that triggered the deployment of government forces, a war monitor says
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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ALBAWABA - Shock dominated social media after news that an elderly Druze Sheikh, who was seen in a viral video from Sweida, standing between multiple Sy
Druze residents of the Syrian city of Sweida had hoped the arrival of government forces. SWEIDA (Syria) (AFP) – The mainly Druze residents of the Syrian city of Sweida had hoped the arrival of government forces on Tuesday would spell an end to deadly sectarian clashes with local Bedouin tribes.