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Druze-Israeli appointed deputy commissioner Israel Prison Service
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Gondar Hatem Azzam, a Druze, was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service.
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Defence Minister Katz: Israel Will Continue to Hold Security Zone in Syria
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Israel's Minister of Defence Israel Katz declared that the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) will remain on the peak of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights, within Syrian territory, and in Israel's declared security zone in Syria that he said is "necessary to protect the Golan and Galilee settlement
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Druze clashes erupt in Syria's Suwayda, ceasefire violated amid renewed vi
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Druze armed groups attacked Syrian security forces in Suwayda, killing at least one soldier and injuring others, violating a ceasefire, Al Jazeera reported. The violence, linked to sectarian tensions with Bedouin tribes, comes amid wider instability, including Israeli strikes and ISIL attack
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Two Israeli Druze indicted for smuggling Kalashnikov Rifle from Syria
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Two young men from northern Israel have been indicted for illegally crossing into Syria and smuggling a Kalashnikov rifle back into the country, police announced Thursday.
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Syria moves to restore order in Suwayda with new ceasefire and troop deplo
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The deployment came shortly after the United States announced an agreement between Israel and Syria to enforce a ceasefire, though the truce remains uncertain amid ongoing fighting, Al Jazeera said.
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Israel, Syria have agreed to ceasefire: US envoy
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
In a major diplomatic breakthrough, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa have agreed to a ceasefire, US Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, said on Saturday.
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Minister Sa'ar orders emergency aid to Druze in Sweida
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid recent attacks and a worsening humanitarian situation in southern Syria, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa'ar has ordered the urgent transfer of humanitarian aid to the Druze community in the Sweida region.
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Israeli Dy Chief of Mission explains demography, history of Israel-Syria c
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Saeb claimed that the Druze people are under persecution in Syria due to the differences in faith with the 'jihadists'.
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Israel strikes Syrian military targets as Druze-Bedouin violence escalates
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Israeli aircrafts have struck Syrian army targets in southern Syria as ethnic violence continues between the Syrian Druze and Bedouins, the Israel Defence Forces said as reported by the Press Service of Israel (TPS).
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Israel launches strikes on Syrian city amid clashes to protect Druze commu
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that they had instructed the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to strike Syrian forces and weapons approaching Sweida "following the attack on the Druze," a day after Israel hit several Syrian tank
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Defence Minister Katz calls attack on Syrian tanks 'clear warning' to regi
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking about the Israeli military's attack on tanks on the move in southern Syria on Monday, Defence Minister Israel Katz declared, "The IDF attacked targets in Syria as a message and a clear warning to the Syrian regime - we will not allow harm to the Druze in Syria."
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Israel's Druze leader urges international protection for Syrian minorities
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Speaking at a conference on Israeli security and the Druze in Akko on Monday, Sheikh Muafak Tarif, spiritual leader of Israel's Druze community called on the international community to protect Syrian minorities from radical Islamists.
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