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More violence erupts in Syria’s Druze heartland as tribal groups reinforce local Bedouin
ByAgence France-Presse July 18, 2025July 19, 2025

UN calls for end to ‘bloodshed’ that has claimed at least 638 lives, according to Syrian Observatory for Human RightsArmed tribes supported by Syria’s Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community’s Sweida heartland on Friday, a …

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Who Are the Druse: The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions
ByEuan Ward July 18, 2025

Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

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Who Are the Druse? The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions
ByEuan Ward July 18, 2025July 20, 2025

Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

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Middle East crisis: Netanyahu speaks to Pope after three killed in Israeli strike on Gaza church – as it happened
ByJoe Coughlan July 18, 2025July 18, 2025

Leo urges Israeli PM to reach a ceasefire deal and expresses concern over ‘heartbreaking toll’ in regionTwo of Jerusalem’s most senior Christian clerics travelled to Gaza on Friday after a deadly Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory’s only Catho…

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‘It’s impossible to tell who is killing us’: four days of violence end with hundreds dead in southern Syria
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut July 18, 2025

Sectarian divisions prompted the worst unrest in Syria since March as the Druze population of Sweida province suffered massacres and executionsBahaa* had no choice but to keep on working as patient after patient came through the doors of the Sweida Nat…

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Army Special Operations Warns Retired Members of Terror Threat
ByEric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes July 18, 2025

The alert, issued to retired service members who served in Iraq or Syria and live in Florida, did not specify what kind of threat or which terrorist group was involved.

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Blood in the Streets and Death in the Air: Residents Survey Damage in Syrian City
ByChristina Goldbaum and Reham Mourshed July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

In the southern city of Sweida, residents describe the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.

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Why Israel Attacked Syria
ByPatrick Kingsley July 17, 2025

For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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Why Israel Attacked Syria
ByPatrick Kingsley July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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al-Shara, Ahmed (Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) (1982- ) | Assad, Bashar al- | Druse (Sect) | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Syria | War and Armed Conflicts

Syria’s President Condemns Israeli Strikes on Damascus
ByChristina Goldbaum July 17, 2025July 18, 2025

President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since he came to power.

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