Prominent Lebanese Druze leader says he will visit Syria soon as tensions with Israel simmer
A prominent Druze leader in Lebanon has said that he will soon visit Syria to meet its interim leader as tensions simmer ...
Israel's military is told to prepare to defend a Druze community outside Syria's capital
Israel’s defense ministry says the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of ...
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Are Syria’s Druze about to break away with Israel’s help?
By bnm Gulf bureau bnm Gulf bureau Fresh clashes south of Damascus between local Druze and government forces suggest the ...
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Druze militiamen in Syria's south clash with new Damascus Islamist-led regime
By bnm Gulf bureau Violent clashes broke out in Jaramana, a suburb near Damascus, between Syria’s new Turkish-backed ...
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New Druze military organization announced in Suwayda
‘The organization should not be viewed in isolation from federalist tendencies and Netanyahu’s pro-Druze remarks,’ says Syria and Lebanon expert, Dr. Moran Levanoni Tareq Al-Shoufi ...
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Israel’s shield for Syria’s Druze and the regional shakeup no one expected - analysis
Before Assad’s fall, Netanyahu never would have considered extending Israel’s protection to the Syrian Druze. That he is doing so now underscores how much has changed. SYRIA’S DE FACTO ...
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Israel considering allowing entry of Syrian Druze communities for work
Israel is considering allowing the entry of Druze communities from Syria to work in the occupied Golan Heights, according to Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz. The plans were part of a "great ...
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IDF prepares to defend Druze suburb of Damascus against Syrian regime
Netanyahu and Katz instructed the Israeli military to prepare to defend the city of Jaramana, located about 1.8 miles southeast of Damascus, in the Rif Dimashq (“Damascus Suburb”) Governorate on the ...
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Netanyahu’s Pledge to Protect Syrian Druze Marks Major Shift in Israeli Policy
Residents in the Druze village of Majdal Shams celebrate after the rebels took over Syria, in Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, December 9, 2024. (TPS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
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Syria must put an end to Israel's incursions - and fast
It unilaterally declared a mission to support two Syrian minorities, the Druze in the south and the Kurds in the north. Without pause, Israeli jets then destroyed Syria’s navy and its heavy ...
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Syrian Acting President Aiming To Transform to a Moderate Nationalist From an Avowed Jihadist, but Minority Kurds and Druze Are Skeptical
Yet, a prominent northern Kurdish group, the Syrian Democratic Forces — which for more than a decade allied with America to fight ISIS — was not invited to the meeting. In the south, meanwhile, ...
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Syria holds national dialogue conference as the battered country seeks to rebuild
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s new rulers touted a long-awaited national dialogue conference Tuesday as a “rare historic opportunity” to rebuild the country after the fall of President Bashar ...