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Message Sent: Israel Stands Ready to Defend the Druze

The events of the past week in Suweyda, southern Syria, have shed new light on Israel’s emerging strategy toward its northern ...

Israeli-Druze group crosses border into Syria, IDF returns all to Israeli territory

The illegal crossings came around the announcement by US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack that Israel and Syria have agreed ...

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

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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.
The Times of Israel on MSN4d

Retired Druze IDF general accuses Syria’s Sharaa of seeking to ‘eliminate the Druze’

Amal As'ad slams Israeli overtures toward 'terrorist' who 'put on a suit and became a diplomat,' calls for Netanyahu to do ...
The New York Sun2d

Israel Comes to the Defense of Syria’s Druze as Fears Mount Over a Dangerous Escalation

Israel can’t intervene in every conflict around the world. But this felt different — it was a moral and familial obligation,’ ...

Druze in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights pledge to be reunited with their families in Syria

Members of the Druze community in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights gathered at the border with Syria Thursday morning, ...
The Times of Israel3d

IDF says dozens of Druze from Israel still remain in Syria after rushing border

Army says there were no further crossings overnight, is working to patch up holes in fence; Kurdish official urges Sharaa to ...

'Syrian Jihadist groups' targeting Druze today will target Israel tomorrow, Katz tells Ted Cruz

Defense Minister Israel Katz said southern Syria would remain a demilitarized zone despite Israel allegedly allowing Syrian ...