One of the largest minority groups in Syria, the Druze have been the focus of a recent outbreak of violence.Syrian minority the Druze were at the center of a new conflict, following another outbreak of violence.

Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the center of rising tensions with Israel. Dozens of people were killed this week after clashes between government loyalists and Druze militias in the southern city of Suwayda,

Syrian troops are trying to intervene in sectarian violence in the south between the Druze minority and Bedouins. Israel said its strikes were to protect the Druze.