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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Syrian state media says forces deploy near Damascus to ‘restore security’
Druze men demonstrate in solidarity with the Syrian Druze community near the border barrier in the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on April 30, 2025 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
Syrian security forces have deployed near Damascus to “restore security,” state media reports, following deadly sectarian clashes between government forces and local Druze fighters.
Security official Hussam al-Tahan tells state news agency SANA that forces completed a “security operation” in the Sahnaya area and that General Security personnel deployed there to “restore security and stability.”
Earlier, Israel warned it could strike government sites if attacks on the Druze community, which has ties to Israeli Druze, continue.
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