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Golan-born father, gynecologist brother and devoted wife: Inside Syrian President al-Sharaa’s family

New details emerge about the family of Syria's new ruler, revealing complex ties to the former regime and strong anti-Israel views among some relatives

Lior Ben Ari | 07.18.25

Why Israel is bombing Damascus to defend the Druze

Opinion: Little-known outside the country, Israel’s 'blood covenant' with the Druze—Arabic-speaking but neither Arab nor Muslim—explains Jerusalem’s rare strikes on Syria to protect Druze tribes, even amid fears of igniting a wider conflict

Michael Oren | 07.18.25

Elderly Syrian Druze cleric found alive after viral video of public humiliation, death reports

Shocking footage from southern Syria showed armed men forcibly shaving the mustache of 80-year-old Druze cleric Marhej Shahine; days after reports claimed he was killed in a massacre, a Facebook post by his granddaughter revealed he survived the attack

Lior Ben Ari | 07.18.25

As clashes intensify, Israel allows some Syrian regime forces into Sweida

Senior Israeli official releases a statement claiming al-Shaara forces can temporarily enter area to deal with ongoing instability just one day after Netanyahu says area from Golan to Druze Mountain must be demilitarized

Itamar Eichner, Einav Halabi, Lior Ben Ari | 07.18.25

Syrian regime forces return to Sweida, IDF monitoring situation

Damascus says troops sent to quell fighting between Druze and Bedouin tribes; IDF says all Israelis back after breaching Syria border

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies, Yoav Zitun | 07.18.25

Syrian activist: Israel's intervention helped, but Druze remain under siege

Syrian-born activist Rawan Osman: 'What we are seeing in the media — the images, the videos of Syrian security forces withdrawing — are not sufficient'

Lidar Grave-Lazi, ILTV | 07.18.25

ברקע הטבח הסורי בדרוזים - נשיא המדינה יצחק הרצוג נפגש עם ראשי הקהילה היהודית הסורית

The rabbi who wrote to Syrian leader al-Sharaa, and Herzog's call for 'regional reconciliation'

Despite the Druze massacre in southern Syria, the chief rabbi of Syrian Jews in Israel says peace is still possible: 'There are contacts'; Herzog: Iran’s weakening opens 'a rare window of opportunity'

Itamar Eichner | 07.18.25

'He bled to death in the street': Golan Druze mourn loved ones in Syria's Sweida

As violence escalates across the border, Israeli Druze grapple with separation, uncertainty and grief; while some families reunite after decades, others are left clinging to messages from loved ones trapped amid the bloodshed

Einav Halabi | 07.18.25

דרוזים בדרום סוריה תועדו מעודדים את כוחות צה"ל שנכנסו, ומבקשים להגיע לנשיא סוריה, א-שרע

Druze in southern Syria cheer IDF forces: 'Get to al-Sharaa'

Crowds of Druze were seen applauding Israeli forces and calling on them to confront Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the morning after intense clashes in the Druze stronghold of Sweida came to an end

Niv Shaiovich | 07.17.25

Footage reveals massive damage to Syria's Defense Ministry after Israeli strike

Diplomats were just meters from the Israeli strike in Damascus, two sources told Reuters; traveling in an armored convoy, they were unharmed

Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner, Reuters | 07.17.25

Syrian Bedouins launch new offensive against Druze in Sweida: 'Truce does not apply to us'

Commander says ceasefire applied only to government forces, adding that they were trying to free detained Bedouins held by Druze armed groups in recent days; U.S.-brokered ceasefire had halted fierce battles in Sweida after 500 dead in days of bloodshed between Druze fighters, Bedouin militants, regime forces; hospitals collapsed under the toll as residents emerged to looted homes, scorched streets and mass graves

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 07.17.25

בדואים בורחים מ סווידא א-סווידא סוריה בצל חשש מפעולות נקם אחרי סיום הקרבות מול דרוזים

Israeli Druze journalist urges action to stop massacre in Syria

Israeli Druze journalist Lorena Khateeb: 'We as Israelis, we as Druze, we ask the Israeli government to take clear and strong action without delay'

Emily Schrader, ILTV | 07.17.25

How Syria’s Druze heartland erupted into one of the bloodiest conflicts since the civil war

After a Druze youth was beaten at a Bedouin checkpoint, nearly five days of bloodshed left 350 dead, drew in jihadist-linked regime forces, triggered Israeli airstrikes and saw mass border crossings as a fragile ceasefire finally took hold

Ron Crissy | 07.17.25

‘I couldn’t breathe’: Syrian TV host recalls moment Israeli strikes hit live on air

News anchor Dima Abodan recalls fleeing in terror during a live broadcast as an IDF airstrike struck the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in Damascus, capturing the moment of impact on air

Lior Ben Ari | 07.17.25

דרוזים רמת הגולן פורצים את הגבול ל סוריה בצל חשש לאחיהם ב סווידא א-סווידא

After border chaos, Israel repatriates Druze, expels Syrians, tracks missing

After hundreds of Druze crossed the Israel-Syria border in both directions, security forces returned many and plan new border barriers; Druze lawmaker who crossed into Syria says: 'I hope I didn’t leave a single youth behind'

Yoav Zitun, Alexandra Lukash | 07.17.25

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