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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Druze in Israel declare a strike, urge community to prepare to cross into Syria to help brethren
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Syrian security forces deploy amid ongoing clashes in the southern Sweida city on July 16, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Druze leaders declare a strike for community members living in Israel in solidarity with members of their community in Syria who have been killed in clashes with Bedouin groups and Syrian armed forces.
“Silence and standing by are not possible,” they say in a statement urging local Druze to prepare to cross into Syria to help.
Yesterday, dozens of Druze crossed the border in the Golan Heights before being brought back by the IDF.
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