Syria, Sectarian
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Syria’s military entered a stronghold for the Druze minority in the country’s south on Tuesday to “pursue outlaw groups,” the government said, prompting Israel to launch strikes against the forces dispatched by Damascus.
Sectarian clashes have reignited in Syria, primarily between the government and Druze fighters. The conflict has drawn Israeli intervention and escalated fears of ethnic violence. Syria's postwar dynamics are fragile,
Israel launched several deadly airstrikes that targeted Syrian government forces in Sweida. The attack came as sectarian violence flared between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribal groups.
Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed cease-fire after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country’s postwar political transition and have drawn intervention by Syria’s powerful neighbor,