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Druze, Syria and Israel

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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Syria must protect Druze or be shunned by the world, says Israel

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

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Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans on Sunday announced that they had withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida following over a week of clashes, as per a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.

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Syria's leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

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Tense scenes from Druze-Bedouin clashes in Syria’s Sweida

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Syria deploys troops to enforce fragile ceasefire

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What the violence in Syria means for domestic and regional politics

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Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out

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Israel’s message in defending the Druze goes beyond borders, wanting to correct history

While strategic considerations were still in play, the heart of the decision lay in defending the extended family of Israel’s own Druze—a gesture shaped as much by kinship as by security. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria over the past decade,

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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.

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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 .

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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

U.S. "very concerned" as Israel strikes Syria's capital Damascus amid government clashes with Druze minorities

Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and he wants "the fighting to stop."

The Druze: An insular faith, facing a fractured Middle East

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 government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze religious minority that threatened to unravel the country’s fragile post-war transition.

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IDF says dozens of Druze from Israel still remain in Syria after rushing border

Army says there were no further crossings overnight, is working to patch up holes in fence; Kurdish official urges Sharaa to rethink approach to minorities