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Syria’s Druze fearful after deadly attacks on Damascus suburbs
Deadly clashes between pro-government fighters and local Druze gunmen ignited on Tuesday, in part over a now-debunked audio clip of a Druze cleric allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Qosai, a 27-year-old Druze activist and former Red Cross worker,
"We no longer trust the body that calls itself a government," Hakmat Al-Hajeri, a leader in Syria’s Druze community, said.
Agence France-Presse on MSN1h
Syria Druze leader condemns 'genocidal campaign' against communitySyrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday condemned what he described as a "genocidal campaign" ...
A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the ...
Sectarian tensions are flaring again in Syria after a series of clashes first erupted in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, a ...
The Druze religious sect is a minority group that began as a 10th-century offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. Over half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. Most ...
Syria’s small Druze community largely kept out of the country’s long civil war but since president Bashar al-Assad’s ouster ...
Armed clashes with government forces have escalated complicating Syrian president hopes for international legitimacy ...
Al-Monitor on MSN8h
Syria's Druze take up arms to defend their town against IslamistsSyrian estate agent Fahd Haidar shuttered his business and got out his rifle to defend his hometown of Jaramana when it came ...
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