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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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Syria leader vows to protect Druze after sectarian violence prompts Israeli strikes

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Syria’s interim president says Israel will not divide his country, vows to protect the Druze

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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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Israel strikes Damascus hard in support of the Druze

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Israel bombs Syrian forces entering Druze city after sectarian clashes

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Photos in southern Syria after soldiers move in to quell sectarian violence

Israel launched airstrikes on convoys of Syrian security forces, saying it aimed to protect the Druze.

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Israel targets Syrian military in renewed cross-border strikes

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Understanding the enigmatic Druze community at the heart of Syrian unrest

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Syria steps back from ‘open war’ in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence

Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel on Thursday of sowing discord with a wave of airstrikes following deadly clashes with the Druze community.

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

Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its airstrikes after intervening.

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US says 'specific steps' agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus

That afternoon, Netanyahu and Katz ordered the Israeli military to once again attack government forces and weaponry in Suweida. They said they were working to prevent them from harming the Druze and to "ensure the demilitarisation" of areas near Israel's border.

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Powerful Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias

Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces.

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Israel Shifts Troops From Gaza to Syria as Another Front Intensifies

An Israeli military official said, "we are reinforcing forces in the Golan Heights and along the border, ready for a multitude of scenarios."

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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.