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More than a dozen killed between Sunni Muslims, Drusen in Syria

More than a dozen killed between Sunni Muslims, Drusen in Syria

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More than a dozen people were killed on Tuesday in a predominantly druish city near the Syrian capital, which were triggered by an alleged recording of a druze man who cursed the prophet Mohammad, which annoyed the Sunni armed men, rescuers, and security sources.

The battles marked the latest episode of fatal sectarian violence in Syria, in which the fears swelled under minorities and since Islamistically guided rebels, the former leader Bashar al-Assad displaced by power in December and installed its own government and security forces.

According to the murders of hundreds of Alawites in March, these fears rose in obvious revenge for an attack by Assad Loyalist.

The clashes began overnight when armed men from the nearby city of Maliha and other mostly Sunni areas in the mostly druze city of Jaramana came together southeast of Damascus, the security sources said.

According to the local rescue workers, the struggles with a small and medium weapon fire left 13 people dead.

A sign that represents the Syrian Druze leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hajri can be seen in Sweida, Syria, February 25, 2025 (loan: Reuters)

Among the dead were two members of the Syria General Security Service, a new security group that mainly consisted of former rebels, according to the spokesman for the Mustafa al-Abdo.

Abdo denied that armed armed men had attacked the city, and instead said that groups of civilians who annoyed the language recording had staged a protest that was under fire from Druze groups.

The Ministry of the Interior announced in an explanation that it was examined and demanded in the origin of the voice recording. He asked the citizens not to lead emotions to violence or damage to public property.

De -escalation attempts

Druze -eldest met with security forces to prevent further escalation, said a Syrian security source.

“What a few people said against our prophets only represents them and is rejected by us and the entire society,” said the religious leader of Druze, Sheikh Yousef Jarbou and asked both communities to reject the efforts to promote the sectarian departments.

Syria's almost 14 years of war cut the country with the Druze into different areas of influence -an Arab minority that practices a religion that was originally derived from Islam -to defend itself to defend its own cities.

The new Islamist leadership in Damascus has demanded that all weapons fall under their authority, but Druze fighters have opposed and claimed that Damascus did not guarantee its protection against hostile militants.

The leaders of the community accused the government of not preventing the attack on Tuesday and warned that it would be responsible for future effects.

“The authorities are responsible for preserving security,” Rabe Munzir, a local Druze activist in Jaramana, told Reuters.

The neighboring Israel said that it was willing to intervene in Syria to protect the Drusen, of which thousands also live in Israel and in the Golan heights that Israel conquered in the six -day war of Syria in 1967.



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