Attack on the government of its transitional president SyriaAhmad al -Sarah today (01.05.2025) launched the religious leader of the Drouz who condemned a “genocide campaign” against his community as interfaith conflicts have left behind over 100 dead in the last two days, according to Syrian rights.
These clashes near and south of Damascus between Drussian fighters and armed groups associated with Sunni Islamists in power in Syria They demonstrate the instability that remains in Syria, almost five months after the fall of President Bashar al -Assad’s regime.
In his announcement, the Sheikh Hikmet al-Hitzri denounced a “unjustified campaign of genocide” where targets ‘civilians in their homes’ and called for “immediate intervention by international forces”.
“We no longer trust an entity that claims to be a government (…) A government does not kill its people using its own extremist militias And then, after the massacres, she claims that these are uncontrollable groups, “he said, adding,” a government protects its people. “
Reacting, the Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al -Simbani by posting on X he stated that ‘Any appeal for foreign intervention, with any pretext or slogan will lead to deterioration of the situation and further divisionsยป.
The battles in the communities of Jaramana and Sachaya, where Christians and Druzians live, as well as in the superstar, where the majority of the inhabitants are Druzo, have awakened the ghost of slaughter that left more than 1,700 dead in early March, the overwhelming majority of the March. The violence was triggered by attacks of groups close to the former regime against security forces.
On the side of Israel considers that Sunni Islamists, in power in Damascus, are a threat increasing at its borders and has stated that it will defend the Syria Druzo, a minority whose faith is a branch of Islam and which has members of Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
THE Israeli Foreign Minister Gidone Saar today called the international community ‘To protect minorities in Syria – especially the Druzos – from its regime and terrorist gangs. “
Israel is conducting numerous raids claiming to hit the Syrian government’s goals.
In neighboring Lebanon, Lebanon’s leader Walid Jublat has accused Israel of exploiting the Druze in Syria. “Israel continues to seek its long plan (…) to divide the region into religious entities and sow the chaos,” he said in late March.