US EditionSyrian Druze leader slams 'genocidal campaign', Israel issues warning
- Over a two-day period in early May 2025, sectarian violence around Damascus, particularly in the areas of Jaramana and Sahnaya, resulted in the deaths of 101 individuals, including both Druze fighters and civilians.
- The violence followed rising tensions involving Syrian security forces, allied militias, and local Druze groups amid wider instability and recent massacres on Syria's Mediterranean coast.
- Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri strongly denounced the recent attacks targeting the Druze community, describing them as an illegitimate and systematic campaign of mass violence, and called for urgent international action to restore peace and halt these atrocities.
- Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz stated that the country would take strong action if attacks against the Druze community persist and the Syrian authorities do not offer protection, while Foreign Minister Gideon Saar urged the international community to step in and safeguard minorities.
- The Syrian government rejected calls for foreign intervention, affirming national unity and promising protection for all, while Israel conditionally ordered strikes on Syrian government targets if Druze violence persists.
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Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri accused the interim government on May 1 of carrying out a “genocidal attack” on his community following two days of sectarian violence that left 100 dead. Al-Hijri said: “We no longer trust an organization that claims to be a government. A government does not kill its people through takfiri gangs to which it belongs.” Takfiri is a popular pejorative used by Shi’ites and Druze for Sunni militan…
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Syrian Druze leader slams 'genocidal campaign'
Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday condemned what he called a "genocidal campaign" against his community after two days of sectarian clashes left 102 people dead. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned his country would respond "with significant force" if Syria's new authorities fail to protect the Druze minority, whose representatives rejected any attempt to force them out. The violence poses a serious challen…
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