‘Immediate strike’: Netanyahu orders IDF to hit Syrian forces in Sweida; cites threat to Druze community
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 () Following reports of an attack on Sweida, Israel struck Syrian military vehicles in the area. This action comes after Prime Minister Netanyahu declared the need to immediately strike regime forces operating against the Druze population. Druze leaders initially called for armed factions to surrender, but a subsequent retraction highlighted broken promises and continued shelling of civilians.
Following a dramatic Israeli airstrike on Syria’s General Staff Headquarters in Damascus, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio called the escalation a “misunderstanding” and claimed de-escalation could be just hours away. The strike came amid sectarian clashes in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, where...
A shocking viral video from Sweida shows HTS soldiers brutally forcing two Druze men at gunpoint onto a balcony, hurling slurs, and making them climb the railing before firing shots and throwing them..
Israel and Syria have reportedly agreed to a ceasefire after days of violent clashes between Druze and Bedouin communities in Syria’s southern Sweida province. Over 300 have died. The violence..
A fragile ceasefire has collapsed in Syria’s Sweida region as deadly clashes resume between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes. Both sides confirm renewed violence following the Syrian army’s..