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Israel Comes to Defense of Syria’s Druze

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.

U.S. News & World Report · 4d

Explainer-Who Are the Druze and Why Does Israel Say It Is Hitting Syria for Their Sake?

Syria's Druze are concentrated in the southwest in the Sweida region bordering Jordan and in areas of Quneitra province, near the occupied Golan. They also reside in the Damascus

CNN on MSN · 2d

Who are the Druze and why did Israel bomb Syria to protect them?

Israel has been carrying out strikes on Syria since the fall of the Assad regime last December. This week saw a major escalation, when Israel said it attacked Syria to protect the Druze, an Arab minority at the center of clashes with government loyalists.

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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 ...

Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore

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The Times of Israel4d

Border chaos as 1,000 Druze breach frontier into Syria; heavy IDF strikes hit Damascus

IDF attempts to stop Syrian Druze from entering Israel; death toll in Syrian regime attacks on Sweida nears 250; IDF ...

i24NEWS5d

Dozens of Israeli Druze cross border into Syria as violence in Syria escalates

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli openly called for the elimination of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, whom he labeled “a barbaric murderer.” ...

Agence France-Presse on MSN3d

'Like a dream': Druze reunited across Golan Heights buffer zone

Dozens of Druze crowded the Israeli-controlled side of the armistice line in the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hoping ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution11mon

Horror at deaths of 12 children unites Druze across borders. But ...

FARDIS, Lebanon (AP) — Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, a lively 11-year-old who loved basketball and learning languages, was playing on a soccer field a week ago in Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the ...

Mercury News11mon

Horror at deaths of 12 children unites Druze across borders

FARDIS, Lebanon — Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, a lively 11-year-old who loved basketball and learning languages, was playing on a soccer field a week ago in Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Israeli ...

WTOP News11mon

Horror at deaths of 12 children unites Druze across borders. But ... - WTOP

KTVZ11mon

Horror at deaths of 12 children unites Druze across borders. But ... - KTVZ

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