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Israel strikes Syrian Defense Ministry as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on
The Israeli military has launched a rare airstrike in the heart of Damascus hitting a Syrian Defense Ministry building, as clashes in the southern Syrian city of Sweida continues to flare.
Israel Bombs Damascus, Warns Syria of ‘Painful Blows’ as Footage Shows Hit on Defense Ministry
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.
Powerful Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias
Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces.
Netanyahu: 'My Druze brothers, do not cross the border into Syria, let the IDF do its job'
Israeli officials react to the ongoing violence in Syria's Sweida between regime forces and the local Druze community. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israeli Druze citizens not to cross the border amid ongoing clashes in Sweida in southern Syria on Wednesday afternoon.
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U.S. "very concerned" as Israel strikes Syria's capital Damascus amid government clashes with Druze minorities
Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is "very concerned" by expanding Israeli strikes targeting Syria's new government, and he wants "the fighting to stop."
Syria's Druze reach new ceasefire deal with government in Sweida, religious leader says
Syria's Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.
Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between Syrian forces and Druze rage on, AP explains
Clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups have escalated, drawing Israeli intervention and raising fears of a breakdown in the country’s fragile postwar order. The fighting intensified this week in Sweida province after a robbery at a checkpoint led to tit-for-tat attacks.
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Syrians terrified as violence grips Druze-majority city of Sweida
In Syria's Druze-majority city of Sweida, residents said they have been living in terror since the arrival of government forces who have been carrying out what witnesses and a war monitor have called summary executions.
Katz: IDF to raise level of attacks on Syrian regime if it doesn't leave Druze city
As of Wednesday morning, clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed just hours after a ceasefire was announced.
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