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Haaretz - 11:47 Aug 13, 2025
The reported deal will allow a corridor for the transfer of aid from Israel to the Sweida region in Syria to improve the deteriorating humanitarian situation of the Druze minority, in a deal that may also improve chances of future normalization between Israel and Syria -
Haaretz - 14:55 Jul 23, 2025
The current trajectory, marked by mass killings of first Alawites and now Druze, is not a reassuring sign for Syria's future despite what the U.S. administration suggests -
Haaretz - 02:48 Jul 20, 2025
Even though Israel saved them from an existential catastrophe, Druze leaders in Sweida have already decided, despite the slaughter and although Ahmad al-Sharaa's regime has already shown its true face, that, as always, they remain part of Syria -
Haaretz - 12:09 Jul 18, 2025
If the Druze in Syria's Sweida province are allowed to keep their weapons, this could set an example and block the regional framework the Trump administration wants after it withdraws U.S. forces from Syria -
Haaretz - 16:20 Jul 17, 2025
As some Druze stormed into Syria to help their cousins assailed by the al-Sharaa regime, others met friends and loved ones they hadn't seen in decades. But 'it's a little disturbing to go in like that without plans,' one man said -
Haaretz - 12:19 Jul 17, 2025
Under U.S. pressure, Israel refrained from continued attacks in Syria after the start of a cease-fire brokered between the regime and local Druze leaders. An Israeli lawmaker told Haaretz that he was assured no action would be taken against those who crossed into Syria as long as they returned soon -
Haaretz - 06:20 Jul 17, 2025
In his first televised statement after powerful Israeli air strikes on Damascus, al-Sharaa addressed Syria's Druze citizens, saying, 'We reject any attempt to drag you into the hands of an external party' -
Haaretz - 20:32 Jul 16, 2025
Footage on social media showed the chaos unfolding in southern Syria amid clashes between the new regime and the local Druze community. 'Al-Sharaa promised to protect minorities, but he allows harm to anyone who does not align with him,' a local told Haaretz -
Haaretz - 17:30 Jul 16, 2025
Despite one Druze leader's acceptance of the deal, an opposing leader rejected it, calling for continued fighting. Meanwhile, retrieval efforts of Israeli Druze citizens who crossed into Syria are ongiong, as the IDF bolsters its presence on the border -
Haaretz - 11:04 Jul 16, 2025
Chaos developed along the Israeli-Syrian border as hundreds of Israeli Druze crossed into Syria. Prime Minister Netanyahu called on Israeli Druze to return to Israel, saying they are 'harming the efforts of the IDF.' The leader of the Druze community in Israel called the clashes with the Syrian regime 'a battle for the Druze community's very survival' -
Haaretz - 15:36 Jul 15, 2025
'We must not stand idly by in the face of the Islamist-Nazi terror regime of Al-Qaeda in a suit and tie': Israel's diaspora affairs minister called to 'eliminate' Syria's leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, following clashes between armed Druze groups and Bedouin fighters in the country's south -
Haaretz - 10:37 Jul 15, 2025
An Israeli source called the Israeli strikes on Syrian regime forces 'a test for implementing its policy of demilitarizing southern Syria and its commitment to the Druze.' The Syrian troops have begun withdrawing to Damascus, according to to Syrian state news -
Haaretz - 09:19 Jul 15, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces' intervention in clashes between Druze and Bedouins is a clear message to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, but even more so to his backers in Washington, Riyadh and Ankara -
Haaretz - 08:27 Jul 14, 2025
The IDF strikes came hours after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 89 people were killed in clasehs between Druze, Bedouin and the Syrian army -
Haaretz - 15:01 Jun 29, 2025
In a new solo exhibition, photographer Ronen Zien revisits the emotional history of his Druze family's emigration from Syria. 'I would love to walk on Syrian soil and meet family I've never met' -
Haaretz - 11:25 May 05, 2025
As a video of Israel's Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muwafak Tarif boasting the country's support for the Druze in Syria went viral, the community - on both sides of the border - came under fire -
Haaretz - 18:03 May 03, 2025
'Create a demilitarized zone from Damascus southward': Israeli strikes in Syria, which Israel claims are in defense of Syria's Druze community, have divided the Israeli Druze – many of whom now question whether this policy serves their interests or broader agendas -
Haaretz - 13:52 May 03, 2025
Syrian media reported that IDF soldiers landed in a Druze city in Syria to deliver food to its residents. Netanyahu described one strike in Damascus as a 'clear message' to the Syrian regime against moving forces south of Damascus and threatening the Druze community -
Haaretz - 05:39 May 02, 2025
The IDF strike took place hours after protests erupted in Israel's Druze community, calling on the government to intervene in Syria