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Syrian media report Israeli strike near violence-hit Druze city
Syrian state-run media say Israel carried out an air strike near Syria's southern Druze-majority city of Suweida late on Thursday. The Sana news agency is reporting that "Israeli occupation aircraft carried out a raid on the outskirts" of the city, without giving any further details. Israel's military has not commented on the issue.

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Not just about the Druze: Israel’s rationale for its attacks on Syria
Who are the Druze and why does Israel say it is hitting Syria for their sake?
Israel strikes Syria amid sectarian clashes
Israel carried out a series of drone strike against Damascus, after the breakdown of a ceasefire between the Syrian government and fighters from the Druze community in the south of the country.

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Powerful Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias
Syria troops quit Druze heartland after violence leaves over 500 dead
Syria withdraws troops from south after days of deadly clashes with Arab minority that drew in Israel
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz shared the footage, saying “the painful blows have begun.”

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US says 'specific steps' agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus
Israel steps up Syria strikes with Damascus attack as Druze clashes continue
Turmoil gives Druze divided between Syria and Israel rare moment of contact
Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack. Many then met relatives never seen before.
Who are the Druze and why is Israel bombing Syria to protect them?
Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the center of rising tensions with Israel. Dozens of people were killed this week after clashes between government loyalists and Druze militias in the southern city of Suwayda,
Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province as a new ceasefire is on
Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority.
Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces
Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the coun
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Erdogan accuses Israel of using Druze as pretext to expand into Syria
Israel struck Damascus as Sweida faces deadly sectarian clashes between Druze, Sunni Bedouins and government forces.
Understanding the enigmatic Druze community at the heart of Syrian unrest
The White House is attributing the outbreak of violence in the Middle East between the Syrian government and Israel to a "misunderstanding" over ethnic grudges.
Netanyahu: 'My Druze brothers, do not cross the border into Syria, let the IDF do its job'
Israeli officials react to the ongoing violence in Syria's Sweida between regime forces and the local Druze community. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israeli Druze citizens not to cross the border amid ongoing clashes in Sweida in southern Syria on Wednesday afternoon.
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