As Israel instrumentalizes Syria’s Druze, some fear ‘increased sectarianism’

As Israel instrumentalizes Syria’s Druze, some fear ‘increased sectarianism’

JARAMANA/SUWAYDA — Syrians across the country took to the streets this week on the March 18 anniversary of the revolution to protest Israel’s resumption of the war on Gaza—as well as strikes on Syria and Lebanon. “Syria is free, free, Zionism get out,” chanted demonstrators in the country’s southern Druze-majority Suwayda province. The night before, Israel conducted more than 30 airstrikes in neighboring Daraa province, killing four civilians an…