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Druze conflict in Syria
July 21 , 2025
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- Renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups and members of Sunni Bedouin clans in southern Syria.
- The Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida.
- It was after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze religious minority.
- The Druze form a substantial community in Israel as well as in Syria and are seen in Israel as a loyal minority, often serving in the military.
- The Druze religious sect began as a 10th-century offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam.
- Most of the other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel, including in the Golan Heights in Syria.
- Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East War and annexed it in 1981.
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