{"id":262904,"date":"2025-07-18T03:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/syrias-druze-caught-between-sectarian-violence-and-israels-military-intervention-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T03:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:04:43","slug":"syrias-druze-caught-between-sectarian-violence-and-israels-military-intervention-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/syrias-druze-caught-between-sectarian-violence-and-israels-military-intervention-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria&#8217;s Druze: Caught between sectarian violence and Israel\u2019s military intervention | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KfP4Tw-jPTs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Syria's Druze: Caught between sectarian violence and Israel\u2019s military intervention | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KfP4Tw-jPTs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Syria\u2019s interim Islamist President Ahmad al-Sharaa has accused Israel of trying to destabilize the country. On Thursday, Syrian state media reported Israel had struck Sweida in the south. These strikes came a day after Israel launched strikes on Syria\u2019s defense ministry in the capital Damascus, claiming it was acting to protect Syria&#8217;s Druze minority<br \/>\nOn Monday, President al-Sharaa sent in government forces to Sweida province, following days of sectarian violence between Druze and Bedouin factions. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a death toll of at least 516 people in Sweida, of which 83 were Druze civilians killed by government forces alongside Bedouin groups. Syria\u2019s forces have withdrawn from the area of Sweida, as Israel has urged Syria to \u2018demilitarize\u2019 the south or risk further Israeli strikes in the region. A truce between government forces and Druze armed groups appears to be holding, though Syria&#8217;s president has accused Druze fighters of breaking the ceasefire, according to the AFP. Since the withdrawal of government troops, Bedouin families are reported to have fled Sweida. <\/p>\n<p>Chapter Breakdown<br \/>\n0:00 Syria&#8217;s interim president vows to protect Druze<br \/>\n3:47 Steven Heydemann, Professor of Middle East Studies at Smith College, on divides within both Druze and Bedouin groups<br \/>\n10:33 Fawaz Gerges, Professor for International Relations at London School of Economics, on steps agreed upon by parties to end violence in Syria<\/p>\n<p>#sweida<br \/>\n#druze #syria <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria\u2019s interim Islamist President Ahmad al-Sharaa has accused Israel of trying to destabilize the country. 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These strikes came a day after Israel launched strikes on Syria\u2019s defense ministry in the capital Damascus, claiming it was acting to protect Syria&#8217;s Druze minority On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":262905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[137028,134852,133597],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-262904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-interim","tag-islamist","tag-syrias"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria&#039;s Druze: Caught between sectarian violence and Israel\u2019s military intervention | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Syria&#039;s Druze: Caught between sectarian violence and Israel\u2019s military intervention | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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