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Druze, Syria and Israel

Who are the Druze and why is Israel bombing Syria to protect them?

Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the center of rising tensions with Israel. Dozens of people were killed this week after clashes between government loyalists and Druze militias in the southern city of Suwayda,

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Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire as Israel continues strikes

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Israel strikes Damascus military HQ as fighting between Syrian forces and Druze continues

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Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze

Clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to pu...

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Crisis Spirals in Syria With Israeli Strikes on Damascus

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Israel strikes Syria's capital Damascus

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Israel Strikes Syrian Capital, Sending Warning to Government

Israel warned Syria’s leaders on Wednesday that it was closely monitoring the government’s actions in Sweida, a southern province dominated by the Druse minority.

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EU 'very concerned' by Israeli attacks on Damascus

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Israeli airstrike hits Syrian Defense Ministry in rare Damascus attack amid Sweida unrest

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Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request

DAMASCUS: Syria announced that its army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida on Wednesday (Jul 16), following a wave of Israeli strikes on the capital and a United States call for

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Israel's Druze community declares day of rage, prepares to invade Syria if necessary

"Silence and standing idly by are no longer an option,” Druze leader Sheikh Mowafak Tarif wrote. Israel's Druze spiritual leadership called on its community to prepare to assist their Syrian counterparts “by all means necessary,

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Who are the Druze? Religious group aids Syrian members under Islamist attack, Israeli members offer support

Israeli military responds to protect Syrian Druze from Islamist militants as local Druze citizens cross the border to aid their brethren, prompting concerns from Israeli officials.

Here’s what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said the clashes started after members of a Bedouin tribe in Sweida province set up a checkpoint where they attacked and robbed a Druze man, leading to tit-for-tat attacks and kidnappings between the tribes and Druze armed groups.

Netanyahu: 'My Druze brothers, do not cross the border into Syria, let the IDF do its job'

Israeli officials react to the ongoing violence in Syria's Sweida between regime forces and the local Druze community. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israeli Druze citizens not to cross the border amid ongoing clashes in Sweida in southern Syria on Wednesday afternoon.

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