US EditionThe Ethnic Cleansing War Against a Druze Minority
- Syria's Islamist regime has targeted the Druze minority in a campaign resembling ethnic cleansing, resulting in over 1,000 fatalities, including 336 Druze fighters and 298 civilians, as reported by the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights .
- A ceasefire was declared on July 16, but pro-government Arab clans disregarded it and issued a call to arms on July 18 to occupy Sweida and combat the Druze.
- Druze cleric Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri urged the community to resist and called for humanitarian aid, highlighting their suffering amidst the violence.
- Although some international leaders condemned the atrocities, no meaningful regional support was provided to the Druze, with the Syrian government blaming them for retaliating against the attacks.
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Syria's new rulers force old men to bark like dogs, and massacre civilians. Their victims: Druze, in the eyes of the Islamists, thus infidels. What do you hear about this from Germany? Nothing – until Israel intervenes.
EDITORIAL: Middle East hatred of minorities – Islamic intolerance
What began as a political conflict quickly fractured along sectarian lines, unleashing waves of violence between Sunnis, Alawites, Christians, Druze, and others. Today, as Sunni jihadists massacre Druze villages, the world remains largely silent—just as it did when those same jihadists targeted Alawites and Christians only months ago. The media cycle moves on, but the horror remains, and the pattern is disturbingly clear. What we are witnessing …
The sectarian violence does not end the ceasefire, endangers the transition and puts the country’s arbitrage in the hands of the US, Israel and Turkey. More information: Syria’s president lowers his ears after Israel’s attack to prevent a war that will bury his Transition
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