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News Jada Loutoo Thursday 17 July 2025 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. - AP PHOTO A Trinidad and Tobago-based non-profit has issued an urgent plea to the US Congress, warning of what it calls a co-ordinated attempt to wipe out the Druze community in Syria. In a letter addressed…

Jerusalem Post / Israel News 'We’ve seen this movie with Hamas': Druze Spiritual leader speaks out after violence in Syria The Israeli Druze leader added that he believed that thousands of people were injured, and that hundreds are dead. Druze residents protest near the Israeli-Syrian border fence in solidarity with…

CNN  —  Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of the country’s Druze population – an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces. The strikes, which Syria said killed at least…

Syrians demonstrate to denounce the Israeli airstrikes and reject armed outlaw militias in Idlib, Syria, 16 July 2025. Photo by Mohammed Al Rifai/EPA July 17 (UPI) -- Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, accused Israel on Thursday of "trying to drag us into war" after the Netanyahu government launched airstrikes on…

Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa vows to protect Druze citizens Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa declared on Thursday that protecting Druze citizens and their rights is “our priority.” Speaking in his first televised statement after Israeli air strikes hit Damascus on Wednesday, Sharaa addressed Druze citizens, saying, “We reject any…

Syrian troops on Thursday pulled out of the Druze heartland of Sweida on the orders of the Islamist-led government, following days of deadly clashes that killed nearly 600 people, according to a war monitor. The southern province has been gripped by deadly sectarian bloodshed since Sunday, with hundreds reportedly killed…

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced a renewed ceasefire Wednesday after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country’s postwar political transition and drawn military intervention by powerful neighbor Israel. Convoys of government forces began withdrawing from the city…

salary and syria The €350,000 salary, her trip to Syria and a United Ireland were all up for discussion. THE SALARY, SYRIA and a vision for the next presidency. These were just some of the topics Galway TD and presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly spoke about today during her first press…

Syrian government, Druze announce new ceasefire after rare Israeli strikes hit military HQ By Abdelrahman Shaheen and Kareem Chehayeb Updated July 17, 2025 — 7.20am Damascus: Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced a renewed ceasefire after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the…