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The conflict continues in the Southern Syrian province of Suwayda on Friday in lieu of Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement between the country’s new ‘diversity friendly’ jihadist government and the Islamic-adjacent Druze militants.
Intense fighting took place between Bedouin tribes and the Druze militants. Notably, the new Al Qaeda-like government tentatively backs the Bedouin tribes while Israel vocally backs the Druze militants.
Embed from Getty ImagesBedouin and tribal fighters deploy at the western entrance of Syria’s Druze heartland of Sweida on July 18, 2025. Armed tribes supported by Syria’s Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community’s Sweida heartland on July 18, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
News commentator Brigitte Gabriel covered how Christians are being executed in Syria as well, but only the plight of the Druze are being discussed due to their alliance with Israel.
The Druze and Christians in Syria are being massacred, Israel is stepping in to defend the Druze.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) July 18, 2025
The Islamic State in Syria is a problem that must be monitored. pic.twitter.com/9i4F4cnZo1
While the new Syrian government was a signatory to the ceasefire, after the country’s troops pulled out of the area the fighting resumed.
The Druze minority announce they will ethnically cleanse the Bedouin minority all over Sweida.
— Syrian Girl (@Partisangirl) July 18, 2025
Welcome to the new Syria where Israel arms both sides to kill each other. Tfeh. pic.twitter.com/81n4PeT5SH
The Druze are an Islamic-adjacent group, not a Jewish minority despite their Israeli support. According to Reuters:
The Druze are an Arab minority who practice a religion originally derived from Islam. They live in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, holding a distinctive position in the region’s mosaic of faiths and cultures.
In Syria, they are mostly based in the southern province of Sweida, although other communities live around Damascus and in northern Syria.
The Druze have a close-knit identity and distinctive monotheistic faith that emerged in the 11th century and incorporates elements from Islam and other philosophies, emphasizing monotheism, reincarnation and the pursuit of truth.
They maintain a degree of secrecy around their religious practice.
Israel has a small Druze community and some Druze also live in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day war.
Friday’s clashes are “pitting tribal fighters and Bedouin supported by the authorities on one side, against Druze fighters on the other,” the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Gangs of Bedouin minorities are heading to sweida to slaughter Druze minorities.
— Syrian Girl (@Partisangirl) July 18, 2025
We are in the REAL civil war in Syria now. Not like 2011 which was a war of nations on Syria.
Israel will come in and kill who ever is left, then build settlements. pic.twitter.com/ABQWlhKtmU
Fighters are now pouring into Syria to ‘back up’ the locals.
Embed from Getty ImagesFighters from Bedouin tribes ride in a car along a road in al-Mazraa village in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate, as clashes with Druze gunmen continue on July 18, 2025. The southern province has been gripped by deadly sectarian bloodshed since July 13, with hundreds reportedly killed in clashes pitting Druze fighters against Sunni Bedouin tribes and the army and its allies. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Embed from Getty ImagesIsraeli Druze cross to Syria pic.twitter.com/dh9s5K5JHy
— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) July 15, 2025
Bedouin and tribal fighters deploy at the western entrance of Syria’s Druze heartland of Sweida on July 18, 2025. Armed tribes supported by Syria’s Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community’s Sweida heartland on July 18, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
AlJazeera reported on the direct Israeli military operations:
Embed from Getty ImagesThis comes after an Israeli official, who declined to be named, told reporters that “in light of the ongoing instability in southwest Syria, Israel has agreed to allow limited entry of the [Syrian] internal security forces into Suwayda district for the next 48 hours”.
Israel, which on Wednesday carried out heavy air attacks on Suwayda and the Syrian capital, had previously warned Damascus to withdraw from the south. The government condemned the Israeli attacks as a violation of Syrian sovereignty and an attempt to sow division and chaos in the country.
Bedouin and tribal fighters deploy as a car burns at the western entrance of Syria’s Druze heartland of Sweida on July 18, 2025. Armed tribes supported by Syria’s Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community’s Sweida heartland on July 18, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
Earlier in the week massive explosions rocked the capital, Damascus.
BREAKING🚨Israel is bombing the suburb I grew up in, in Damascus Syria.
— Syrian Girl (@Partisangirl) July 16, 2025
This is what happens when you don't fight Israel.pic.twitter.com/8j6fbjCHQK
Embed from Getty ImagesSWEIDA, SYRIA – JULY 15 : (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts graphic content) Public Security personnel killed in an attack by an Israeli Defence Force strike lie dead in front of burning trucks on July 15 , 2025 near Sweida, Syria. The Syrian Ministry of Defence announced a ceasefire today after it deployed military units to the southern province of Sweida, or Suwayda, on Monday, following sectarian clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes that left at least 37 people dead and 100 injured. The violence erupted after several kidnappings on both sides, including the abduction of a Druze merchant on Friday. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)
BREAKING: Syrian Islamists are taking selfies with the innocent Druze they hanged in Sweida.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 18, 2025
Where is the international community? Why is there complete silence? pic.twitter.com/D1Qz3bKc7t
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