Israel attacks Syria’s military headquarters in the middle of the growing clashes of the regime regime with drusas

Israel announced on Wednesday that his forces extended near the entrance of the headquarters of the Syrian Defense Ministry in Damascus.

“The FDIs continue to monitor the developments and actions of the regime against Druzos civilians in southern Syria. According to the directives of the political step, the FDIs are being surprised in the area and remains prepared for several scenarios,” the Israel Defense Forces (FDI) wrote in X.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He also submitted a statement saying that his country’s forces were “acting to save our Drusos brothers and eliminate the gangs of the regime” and warning Druze in Israel not to go to Syria.

“I have a request from you: you are citizens of Israel. They do not cross the border,” Netanyahu said Wednesday. “You are endangering your lives; you could be killed, you could be kidnapped and you are damaging the efforts of the IDF. Therefore, I ask you, return to your homes, let the IDF do their job.”

Israel acts in defense of the Druse minority in southern Syria, which has been involved in recently violent clashes. (Reuters)

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The city of the southern Sweida has become a point of inflammation in recent days as the country’s leaders collide with groups of armed drusos. The Syrian Ministry of Defense said their forces acted after the militias in Sweida violated a high fire agreement reached on Tuesday.

According to reports, the Ministry of Defense of Syria said in a statement that their forces continued to shoot in Sweida “while adhereding to the rules of commitment”, including damage prevention, according to the Associated press.

Israel has threatened to increase its participation in Syria and promised to protect the religious minority Druse, which began as a branch of the Ismailism of the 10th century, a branch of Shiite Islam, said Associated Press. The majority of the world Duse population lives in Syria, with the rest predominantly in Israel and Lebanon.

“And I ask the question: What else should happen for the international community to make your voice heard? What more should it happen? What are we waiting for?” The Foreign Minister of Israel, Gideon Sa’ar, said on Wednesday. “Our interests in Syria are known, limited and clear. First of all, keep the status quo in the southern region of Syria, which is also close to our border. And to avoid the development of threats against Israel in this area. The second thing: avoid damage to the community of Druze, with which we have a bold and strong relationship, with the Druz citizens here in Israel.”

The Syrian security forces walk together along a street, after the clashes between the Syrian government troops and the local Druss fighters resumed in the city of Sweida in the south of Druze on Wednesday, collapseing a high fire announced only a few hours before they aimed to end the days of the dead sectarian blood killing, in Sweida, Syria, Syria, July 16, July 16, 2025. (Reuters/Karam al-Mesri)

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Druss are a prominent minority in Israel, where community members occupy key military positions. In 2015, Colonel Ghassan Alian, who is Druze, became the first non -Jewish commander of the Golani Brigade. In addition, unlike other minorities in Israel, Druss men are not exempt from the recruited military service.

“Israel is committed to preventing harm to the druze in syriar due to the deep brothers alliance with ur druze citizens in Israel, and their family and historical connection to the druze in syria OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO OUR BORDER WITH SYRIA, “A JOINT STATEMENT by Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Israel Katz read.

The security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government travel in the back of a vehicle that moves along a road in the western city of Latakia in Syria on March 9, 2025. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP through Getty Images)

The last disturbances in Syria began with kidnappings and attacks between the Beduine Sunni tribes and the armed druse factions in the southern part of the country, according to Associated Press. The forces of the Syrian regime that operate to restore order have also faced the Druze and, according to the reports, they have carried out extrajudicial and looting murders and burning civilian houses.

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In March, the regime linked to Al Qaeda de Syria killed members of the Alauit and Christian communities. The former Syrian president Bashar Assad, whose regime was shot down in December by Ahmed al-Sharaa and his group, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, a terrorist organization designated by the United States, is a member of the Alauita community.