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Al Jazeera on MSN · 26m

Syrian Druze leader condemns government over sectarian violence

A leader of Syria’s Druze minority has condemned attacks against his community after dozens of people were killed in two days of sectarian clashes south of Damascus. Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday denounced the violence in Jaramana and Sahnaya near Damascus earlier this week as a “genocidal campaign” against the Druze community in Syria.

Syrian Druze spiritual leader slams government over deadly sectarian clashes

Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri has harshly criticized Syria's government for what he called an "unjustified genocidal attack" during deadly sectarian fighting in Druze-majority areas south of Damascus this week.

Associated Press News on MSN · 2d

At least 10 dead in Syria after sectarian clashes in Druze suburb of Damascus

A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters.

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Israel launches attack in Syria to protect Druze minority

Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...

Al-Monitor on MSN14h

Syria's Druze take up arms to defend their town against Islamists

Syrian estate agent Fahd Haidar shuttered his business and got out his rifle to defend his hometown of Jaramana when it came ...

Who are the Druze, the secretive Syrian Muslim sect dragged into conflict amid regime change and Israeli attacks?

Syria’s small Druze community largely kept out of the country’s long civil war but since president Bashar al-Assad’s ouster ...

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