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Israel Comes to Defense of Syria’s Druze

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Who are the Druze and why did Israel bomb 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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Turmoil gives Druze divided between Syria and Israel rare moment of contact
Syria must protect Druze or be shunned by the world, says Israel
Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire
Sectarian clashes escalated in Syria's predominantly Druze region of Sweida on Saturday, with machinegun fire and mortar shelling ringing out after days of bloodshed as the Islamist-led government st...

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Exclusive: Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Syrian Druze writer calls what’s happening in southern Syria ‘chaos killings’
Bloodshed in Syria's Sweida Left at Least 321 People Dead, Human Rights Group Says
A Syrian minister said that the government has recovered 87 bodies, but he did not indicate if it was the entire toll from recent violence between Bedouin tribes and the Druze minority in and around ...

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Sectarian clashes erupt in Syria despite ceasefire announcement
Israel agrees to allow Syrian troops limited access to Sweida
US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria
U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this week in fighting between Syrian government forces and .
Regional powers clash after Israel targets Syrian territory in defense of vulnerable Druze civilians
Violence in Syria's Druze province has triggered Israeli military action, complicating relations with Turkey and creating a power vacuum that Iran could exploit.
'Syrian Jihadist groups' targeting Druze today will target Israel tomorrow, Katz tells Ted Cruz
Defense Minister Israel Katz said southern Syria would remain a demilitarized zone despite Israel allegedly allowing Syrian forces a limited presence in Sweida. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz told US Senator Ted Cruz on Thursday that he “did not trust”Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa,
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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting
The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim groups killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's fragile postwar transition.
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Israel Comes to the Defense of Syria’s Druze as Fears Mount Over a Dangerous Escalation
Israel can’t intervene in every conflict around the world. But this felt different — it was a moral and familial obligation,’ says one Rabbi with a
Druze in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights pledge to be reunited with their families in Syria
Members of the Druze community in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights gathered at the border with Syria Thursday morning, anxious to be reunited with their families who crossed into Syria on Wednesday.
Syria forces deploy in Druze heartland after US brokers deal with Israel
Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.
Syrian government urges parties to respect truce in Druze region
Syria's Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on Saturday and urged all parties to respect a ceasefire after days of factional bloodshed that has left hundreds dead.
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