Druze, Syria and Israel
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Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has urged Sunni Bedouin tribes to honor a ceasefire aimed at ending deadly clashes with Druze-linked militias.
Druze fighters pushed out rival armed factions from Syria's southern city of Sweida on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered a ceasefire following a US-brokered deal to avert
Video showed government forces on the streets of a predominantly Druze city and smoke billowing across roads as gunfire sounded.
At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity across Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its airstrikes after intervening.
The Arab fighters in Syria insist they want to unify Syria, but the Druze faction in Sweida led by Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri does not.