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Syria vs Druze: How did Israel get involved?
Firstpost
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July 17, 2025
It began as a local conflict in southern Syria between local Druze and Bedouin communities. However, it escalated into Israel bombing Syria’s Ministry of Defence and other targets, forcing foreign intervention from the United States. Now, the...
Syrian Troops Strive for Peace Amid Druze Bedouin Violence
Asume Tech
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July 17, 2025
Violence is intensifying in southern Syria as government forces intervene in escalating clashes between the Druze minority and Bedouin tribes. This intervention comes at a critical time, with various regional powers and local communities closely...
Syria Says Local Factions To Secure Violence-hit Sweida
International Business Times
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July 17, 2025
The Syrian government announced Thursday that local leaders would assume control over security in the city of Sweida in an attempt to end violence that has claimed hundreds of lives and prompted Israel's military intervention in support of the...
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Druze-Sunni clashes: Is Israel carving out a new strategic foothold in Syria?
Firstpost
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July 17, 2025
The volatile Sweida province in southern Syria, home to the country’s Druze minority, has become the epicentre of deadly sectarian clashes recently, as armed confrontations between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin tribes have escalated into a...
Israel does not want peace, Fidan says at UN
Hurriyet Daily News
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has accused Israel of spreading instability across the Middle East, arguing it "does not want peace" following airstrikes on official buildings in Damascus. "Israel is trying to implement its strategy of...
Syria's interim president says protecting Druze a 'priority'
Daily Star
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July 17, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protecting Druze citizens and their rights is "our priority", as Israel vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria. In his first televised statement...
Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue
The Independent
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Why is Israel striking Syria? All we need to know about the conflict
The Indian Express
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July 17, 2025
In a dramatic escalation, Israeli fighter jets struck multiple sites in the heart of Syria’s capital on Wednesday, damaging a compound of the defence ministry and targeting areas near the presidential palace. The Israeli military confirmed the...
world Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze
Asiaone
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July 17, 2025
DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM — Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday (July 16), blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern...
Assuming control: Syria troops quit Druze heartland leaving bodies on streets
RTL Today
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July 17, 2025
Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida Thursday on orders from the Islamist-led government, leaving bodies strewn on the street, AFP journalists reported from the provincial capital. The southern province has been...
UNHCR and Agility Global Partner to Support Refugee Education in Egypt
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Bensirri PR) UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Kuwait, signed an agreement with Agility Global to support refugee education in Egypt. With the agreement, Agility Global’s contribution will support UNHCR's initiative to enable more than...
Israel's strikes on Syria: What we know
RTE Ireland
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July 17, 2025
Israel has bombed Syrian government sites and other targets since Monday, saying it was seeking to defend the Druze minority after bloody sectarian clashes in southern Syria. Technically at war with Syria for decades, Israel has said it would not...
Syria vows justice for Israeli attacks on those who ‘abused our Druze people’
Mint
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July 17, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa stated on Thursday that safeguarding the Druze population and their rights is a top priority, following Israel’s pledge to target Syrian government forces accused of attacking Druze communities in southern...
Why is Israel bombing Syria and and who are the Druze?
The Independent
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Syrian Govt-Druze Declare Ceasefire After U.S. Intervention After Deadly Fighting, Israeli Bombing
The Times of India
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July 17, 2025
'They Took Away My Son's...': Russian Woman Reveals Key Secrets, Her Kids' Father Tracked Down Russian national Nina Kutina, who was recently found living in a cave in Gokarna with her two young daughters, has revealed she gave birth to one of...
Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request, Israeli strikes
The Straits Times
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July 16, 2025
DAMASCUS - Syria announced that its army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida on July 16, following a wave of Israeli strikes on the capital and a US call for government forces to leave the majority-Druze southern city. The United...
Israel Strikes Syrian Defence Ministry Amid Escalating Sectarian Violence in Suweida
Arise News
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July 17, 2025
Israel’s military launched its third consecutive day of airstrikes on Syrian targets on Wednesday, striking the Syrian defence ministry in central Damascus and government forces in southern Syria, as deadly sectarian fighting in the Druze-majority...
Israel’s entry into the Shia-Sunni war in Syria : 100 killed in bombardment !
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 17, 2025
Damascus (Syria) – Israel has intervened in the conflict between the Shiite Druze and Sunni Bedouin communities in Syria. Israeli forces attacked Syrian military tanks. Israel accuses the government and army of supporting the Sunni Bedouin...
Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire as Israel continues...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Israeli strikes continued after the ceasefire announcement. Rare Israeli airstrikes in the heart of Damascus The announcement came after Israel launched rare airstrikes in the heart of Damascus, an escalation in a campaign that it said was...
Damascus, Druze Minority Agree to Cease-Fire in Syria
Foreign Policy
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July 16, 2025
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Syrian truce deal with Druze militants, a secret British relocation scheme for Afghans, and a deadly stampede at a Gaza food distribution site. Sectarian Violence Syrian officials and leaders...