Syria

Israel and Syria to sign security agreement amid military tensions

Conflict broke out when the IDF stepped in to defend the Druze from the Syrian military last month

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Syria

Syrian president admits ‘violations’ by security forces in clashes with Druze minority

By JC Reporter

1 min read

An Israeli army Merkava main battle tank crosses the barbed-wire fence into the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights near the UN Quneitra checkpoint on March 2, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Dan Schueftan

Israel’s new doctrine in the north: from containment to coercion

5 min read

Several pro-Palestine and anti-Israel protests have been held in Greece recently (Image: Getty)

Syria

‘Free Palestine’ attacker ‘bites off part of Israeli tourist’s ear’ in Athens

By JC Reporter

2 min read

David Taylor MP during Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Jeremy Corbyn

Do not forget that the Corbynites failed the victims of Assad’s horror, says Labour MP

By Lorin Bell-Cross

5 min read

Smoke rises in the distance as Bedouin and other fighters gather in the city of Sweida in southern Syria's Druze majority province on July 19, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Europe fails to stand up for the Druze in Syria and falls for Hamas propaganda

3 min read

It would be hard to assume that the extremists surrounding Syrian President al-Sharaa have abandoned their jihadist roots (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Lappin

The Jihadists surrounding al-Sharaa haven’t abandoned his extreme vision

4 min read

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Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

Following a ‘Middle East’ update in the Commons, only two MPs raised the plight of the Druze community in Syria

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

July 22, 2025 10:52

Far-right Israeli minister calls for assassination of Syria’s President al-Sharaa over Druze persecution

Itamar Ben-Gvir urged the IDF to ‘eliminate’ the militant-turned-leader, while opposition member Benny Gants said ‘any option should be on the table’

By Amelie Botbol

2 min read

July 22, 2025 10:07

Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the assassination of Syria's president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (Image: Flash90)

By Kobi Michael

Israel between loyalty toward the Druze and detente in Syria

The Jewish state owes a debt to the Druze and a moral duty to stop the massacres – yet it must not jeopardise a fragile opening to the regime

6 min read

July 20, 2025 10:39

The bodies of victims in a hospital yard in the devastated Druze-majority city of Sweida, July 17, 2025. Residents were shocked by the bodies littering the streets next to looted shops and burned homes following the withdrawal of Syrian government forces. (Image: Getty)

Druze and Syria analyst for BBC called Zionism ‘pure evil’

Robin Yassin-Kassab lashed out at Israel’s attempt to ‘create chaos’ in Syria during his World Service interview

By JC Reporter

3 min read

July 20, 2025 10:36

Robin Yassin-Kassab (Screenshot: YouTube)

Syrian security forces redeploy to Druze city as Israel resumes airstrikes after Bedouin attacks

A renewed offensive by Bedouin fighters appears to have breached a US-backed ceasefire within 24 hours

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 18, 2025 10:36

Syrian security forces are redeploying to Sweida after a fresh round of Israeli airstrikes (Image: Getty)

By Arsen Ostrovsky

The massacre of the Druze is a moral test: Israel acted, the world failed

The international community cannot continue treating President al-Sharra as a legitimate partner, while turning a blind eye to the atrocities that are being committing in Sweida

3 min read

July 18, 2025 09:52

Fighters from Bedouin tribes gather near a burning building in the Druze village of al-Mazraa in Syria's southern Sweida governorate (Image: Getty)

Who are the Druze and why is Israel defending them?

The long persecuted minority has been at the centre of a recent bout of sectarian violence in Syria, which saw the IDF bomb Damascus in support of the community

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

July 17, 2025 14:52