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"We will not allow military forces to move south of Damascus, and we will not allow harm to come to the Druze in Jabal ...
In a direct message to the Druze community of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged restraint and warned against crossing into Syrian territory, amid escalating violence in the ...
Israel strikes Syria to protect Druze amid deadly violence. A U.S.-backed ceasefire follows over 350 killed, and troop withdrawals begin.
Violence in Syria's Druze province has triggered Israeli military action, complicating relations with Turkey and creating a power vacuum that Iran could exploit.
The leaders of Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire days after major Israeli strikes, a US envoy said Friday, as he ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Druze community spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 2, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO) ...
The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh ...
Activists accuse Netanyahu of using Druze as "political pawns", leveraging their plight to justify Israel's increasing encroachment into Syria and "stoke internal resentment".
Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.
Some Druze see the new rulers of Syria as hard-line Islamists, and some of the armed factions in Syria's new government see the Druze as heretics. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ...
Israeli Druze are watching their government's pressure campaign in Syria. Israel says recent airstrikes inside Syria are to protect the Druze religious minority there from sectarian violence.