Israel Strikes Southern Syria

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What’s behind deadly clashes in Syria - and why did Israel intervene?

Hundreds of people have been killed in days of violence in southern Syria which began with clashes between members of the Druze minority group and Bedouin tribes and drew a military intervention from Syria.

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Israel strikes Syria's military headquarters as the regime clashes with Druze civilians

Israel has threatened to increase its involvement in Syria and vowed to protect the Druze religious minority, which began as a 10th-century offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam, the Associated Press reported. Most of the world’s Druze population lives in Syria, with the rest predominantly in Israel and Lebanon.

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Israel strikes Damascus as fighting rages in southern Syria

Israel struck Syrian military targets as well as central Damascus on Wednesday (July 16) in what it says is an effort to protect Druze minority communities in southern Syria. Sean Hogan has more.

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Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida

Khalidi and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops ...

Israel strikes Syrian city, vows to protect Druze minority from government forces

Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in southern Syria, saying it was acting to protect the Druze ...

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Israel strikes military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces clash with Druze militias

Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias.

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Israel strikes Syrian military headquarters, IDF says

The Israel Defense Forces said it struck "the entrance" of Syria's military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday.

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Syria steps back from 'open war' in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...

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Israel is exploiting the vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian clashes and a weak state

Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously ...

Israel Strikes Syrian Capital, Sending Warning to Government

Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

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Syrian troops sent back to Sweida as ceasefire fails to stop sectarian bloodletting

Syrian security forces deployed on Saturday to villages on the outskirts of Sweida, as sectarian clashes between Druze and Bedouin fighters continued despite a ceasefire announced earlier in the day.

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