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Escalation and appeals for calm: Is civil peace crumbling in Syria’s Druze communities?

Summary by Syria Direct
PARIS — Coinciding with a sharp rise in sectarian incitement and hate speech, Druze-majority areas of Syria endured a wave of violence this week, including a major escalation in communities just outside Damascus that spread to parts of nearby Suwayda province. Tensions first flared over the weekend, when a voice recording containing insults towards the Prophet Muhammad spread on social media, attributed to a Druze sheikh. The sheikh himself deni…
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Syria Direct broke the news in on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
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