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Monday, July 21st 2025
“The ties between Israeli and Syrian Druze are real and deeply personal. Many families are split across the border. For Israeli Druze, the suffering of their brothers and sisters in Sweida is not distant news. It is family. It is urgent. It is personal.” — John Spencer *** The Forgotten Slaughter of Syria’s Druze […]
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Andrew Fox Spiked, July 18, 2025 “Regionally, Syria’s ‘new dawn’ is revealing itself as just another nightmare.” Fighting has engulfed the Druze-majority city of Sweida in southern Syria, leaving over 200 people dead. This week, Druze villages have been overrun by Syrian regime forces and allied Islamist militias under the guise of ‘restoring order’, only for […]
Monday, July 21st 2025 / Monday, July 21st 2025
John Spencer@SpencerGuard X, July 19, 2025 “The same institutions and voices that claim to champion human rights have gone quiet.” “During the Holocaust, when you were being slaughtered, you, the Jews, cried for help and no one came. Today we, the Druze, are being slaughtered and are calling for the help of Israel.” The […]
Canaan Lidor National Post, July 20, 2025 “The strikes were out of character for Israel, which very rarely uses military force in defence of non-citizens. Some find the strikes puzzling.” As millions of Israelis resumed routines and activities interrupted by the war with Iran, life ground to a halt last week in the Druze […]
‘ Lior Ben Ari Ynet News, July 16, 2025 “Israel is committed to preventing harm to Druze in Syria, due to the deep bond of brotherhood with our Druze citizens in Israel and their historical and family ties with the Druze in Syria. We are acting to stop the Syrian regime from harming them and […]
Tuesday, May 6th 2025
Deadly Attacks on Syria’s Small Druze Community Are Part of a Bigger Fight: Sudarsan Raghavan and Suha Ma’ayeh, WSJ, May 2, 2025 A Look at the Druze Community as It Faces Existential Threat in Syria: Ya Libnan, Yalibnan, May 5, 2025 Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination in Syria | Opinion: Bradley Martin, Newsweek, Mar. 7, […]
Tuesday, May 6th 2025 / Monday, May 5th 2025
Sudarsan Raghavan and Suha Ma’ayeh WSJ, May 2, 2025 “The government is not welcome here.” Deadly clashes this week in southern Syria, home to the Druze ethnic group, are putting new pressure on the nascent government as it tries to prevent the country from fragmenting along sectarian lines. Two days of fighting were set off […]
Ya Libnan Yalibnan, May 5, 2025 “Most of the world’s 1.2 million Druze live in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, while diaspora communities in the Americas and Australia remain closely linked to their ancestral homelands through enduring transnational ties.” Syria’s Druze community is facing one of the most violent internal eruptions in years, with over 40 […]
Bradley Martin Newsweek, Mar. 7, 2025 “Is it any wonder why Druze in Syria are increasingly looking to Israel for sanctuary?” There is no reason to believe that the situation of Druze and other minorities will improve following the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. During a rare interview with Al Jazeera in 2015, militant leader of the jihadist Al-Nusra […]
Chad Merlin Jerusalem Post, Mar. 16, 2025 “After years in which these visits were forbidden by the former regime, things were changing.” A delegation of more than 150 Druze dignitaries from Syria visited holy sites in Israel over the weekend. It was the first time since 1974 that such a delegation crossed the border. They came from […]
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