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Israel strikes in Damascus as Syrian forces conflict with Druze teams
The Tycoon Herald > World > Israel strikes in Damascus as Syrian forces conflict with Druze teams
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Israel strikes in Damascus as Syrian forces conflict with Druze teams

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By Tycoon Herald 5 Min Read Published July 16, 2025
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Smoke rise from clashes between Syrian authorities forces and Druze militias in Sweida metropolis, southern Syria on Tuesday.

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Clashes raged within the southern Syrian metropolis of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between authorities forces and Druze armed teams collapsed and as Israel threatened to escalate its involvement, saying it is in assist of the Druze spiritual minority.

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In the meantime, the Israeli military mentioned that it struck close to the doorway to the Syrian Ministry of Protection in Damascus. Israel has launched a sequence of airstrikes on convoys of presidency forces in southern Syria for the reason that clashes erupted and has beefed up forces on the border, saying that it’s appearing to guard the Druze.

Syria’s Protection Ministry had earlier blamed militias in Sweida for violating a ceasefire settlement that had been reached Tuesday, inflicting Syrian military troopers to return hearth and proceed army operations within the Druze-majority province.

“Military forces continue to respond to the source of fire inside the city of Sweida, while adhering to rules of engagement to protect residents, prevent harm, and ensure the safe return of those who left the city back to their homes,” the assertion mentioned.

A insurgent offensive led by Islamist rebel teams ousted Syria’s longtime despotic chief, Bashar Assad, in December, bringing an finish to an almost 14-year civil battle. Since then, the nation’s new rulers have struggled to consolidate management over the territory.

The primarily Sunni Muslim leaders have confronted suspicion from spiritual and ethnic minorities. The fears of minorities elevated after clashes between authorities forces and pro-Assad armed teams in March spiraled into sectarian revenge assaults through which a whole bunch of civilians from the Alawite spiritual minority, to which Assad belongs, have been killed.

Experiences of killings and looting in Druze areas

The newest escalation in Syria started with tit-for-tat kidnappings and assaults between native Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze armed factions within the southern province, a middle of the Druze group.

Authorities forces that intervened to revive order have additionally clashed with the Druze, whereas reviews have surfaced of members of the safety forces finishing up extrajudicial killings, looting and burning civilian houses.

No official casualty figures have been launched since Monday, when the Syrian Inside Ministry mentioned 30 folks had been killed. The U.Okay.-based battle monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned greater than 250 folks had been killed as of Wednesday morning, together with 4 youngsters, 5 girls and 138 troopers and safety forces.

The observatory mentioned a minimum of 21 folks have been killed in “field executions.”

Protesters enter Miznon Hardware Lane in Melbourne, Australia, July 4. Demonstrators clashed with staff at the restaurant, which is co-owned by Shahar Segal, who had joined the Israeli- and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as a spokesperson. Segal has since left his role with the controversial Gaza food distribution group.

The Druze spiritual sect started as a Tenth-century offshoot of Ismailism, a department of Shiite Islam. Greater than half the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide reside in Syria. A lot of the different Druze reside in Lebanon and Israel, together with within the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria within the 1967 Mideast Conflict and annexed in 1981.

Israel threatens to scale up its intervention

In Israel, the Druze are seen as a loyal minority and infrequently serve within the army. In Syria, the Druze have been divided over find out how to cope with the nation’s new leaders, with some advocating for integrating into the brand new system whereas others have remained suspicious of the authorities in Damascus and pushed for an autonomous Druze area.

On Wednesday, Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz mentioned in a press release that the Israeli military “will continue to attack regime forces until they withdraw from the area — and will also soon raise the bar of responses against the regime if the message is not understood.”

A Palestinian boy mourns over the body of his 12-year-old friend, Abdullah Ahmed, who was killed in an Israeli strike that targeted a drinking water distribution point, at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 13, 2025.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned in a press release Tuesday evening that Israel has “a commitment to preserve the southwestern region of Syria as a demilitarized area on Israel’s border” and has “an obligation to safeguard the Druze locals.”

Israel has taken an aggressive stance towards Syria’s new leaders since Assad’s fall, saying it does not need Islamist militants close to its borders. Israeli forces have seized a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone on Syrian territory alongside the border with the Golan Heights and launched a whole bunch of airstrikes on army websites in Syria.

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