This photo shows Damascus security forces during their brief deployment in the city of Sweida, the predominantly Druze stronghold in southern Syria, shortly before the ceasefire reached on July 16, 2025 between the interim government and the Druze factions. (Credit: Bakr al-Kasem/AFP)
It is one of the few countries in the region that have remained on the sidelines of the war launched on Feb. 28 by the United States and Israel against Iran – a conflict that has since spread to several theaters across the Middle East. Could the strikes claimed by Tel Aviv in Sweida nonetheless draw Syria, which has so far sought to avoid involvement, into the confrontation? On the night of Thursday, March 19, the Israeli army said it had carried out strikes against Syrian government targets, citing attacks on Druze civilians in their southern stronghold, according to a statement released the following day. The military said that it had targeted a command center as well as weapons stored in military complexes. Israel has intervened militarily in this region on a regular basis since forces led by Ahmad al-Shaara came to power, invoking...
It is one of the few countries in the region that have remained on the sidelines of the war launched on Feb. 28 by the United States and Israel against Iran – a conflict that has since spread to several theaters across the Middle East. Could the strikes claimed by Tel Aviv in Sweida nonetheless draw Syria, which has so far sought to avoid involvement, into the confrontation? On the night of Thursday, March 19, the Israeli army said it had carried out strikes against Syrian government targets, citing attacks on Druze civilians in their southern stronghold, according to a statement released the following day. The military said that it had targeted a command center as well as weapons stored in military complexes. Israel has intervened militarily in this region on a regular basis since forces led by Ahmad al-Shaara came to power,...
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