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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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Why did Israel attack Syria — and what does it have to do with the Druze

Syria, Israel and Sweida

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Israel and Syria agree ceasefire as Israel allows Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to Turkey said on Friday, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people.

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Exclusive-Syria Believed It Had Green Light From US, Israel to Deploy Troops to Sweida

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Syria Misjudged Israeli Response Amid Miscommunication Over Sweida Deployment

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Syrian Forces Prepare to Redeploy to Sweida City Despite Israeli Warnings

Syrian security forces are preparing to redeploy to the Druze-majority Sweida city to quell fighting with Bedouin tribes, a Syrian interior ministry spokesperson said on Friday, further straining a fr...

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Syrian government urges respect for shaky truce in Druze region

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Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province under a ceasefire

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Israel agrees to allow Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

The Syrian Network for Human Rights monitoring group said it had documented 254 dead in four days of fighting, among them medical personnel, women and children.

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Syria forces deploy in Druze heartland after US brokers deal with Israel

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Syrian government denies its forces preparing to redeploy to Sweida city

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The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history

The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam.

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Turmoil gives Druze divided between Syria and Israel rare moment of contact

Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack. Many then met relatives they had never seen before.

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Syria clears Druze fighters from Sweida, govt says tribal clashes halted

Druze fighters had pushed out rival armed factions from the city on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered a ceasefire following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.

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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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US does not support Israel's Syria strikes, Sharaa vows to protect Druze

The United States said it did not support recent Israeli strikes on Syria and had made clear its displeasure, while Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to fracture his country.

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Syria steps back from 'open war' in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after days of clashes in the southern city of Sweida.

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Key players in Syria’s latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war.

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Syria's New Leader Won Trump's Approval—He May Soon Be on Israel's Hit List

"If Israel feels that a certain leader...is an evident threat to its national security, it will operate," a former Israeli envoy told Newsweek.