The death toll from the ongoing violent ethnic clashes in Syria has risen to 89 between the minority Druze community and the Bedouin tribe in the Syrian city of Sweida, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). As the interim Syrian government struggles to contain the violence, Israel said it carried out attacks in the area, fuelling fears of wider instability in the Druze-dominated province.
This is the second time that Israeli forces have tried to intervene under the guise of protecting the minorities while carrying out ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
The IDF’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, posted on X, The military struck several tanks a short while ago in the area of Sami village (in the Sweida region) in southern Syria. To be continued.”
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that “at least 46 Druze fighters, four civilians from Sweida and 18 Bedouin fighters, including 14 security personnel and 17 other unidentified people in military uniforms, were killed in the action.”
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Meanwhile, the Syrian interior ministry has said it would deploy troops as per requirements in the tense region.
The troops will begin direct intervention in the area to resolve the conflict, which broke out after a merchant belonging to the Druze community was reportedly abducted on a highway in Sweida province on Sunday.
Syria's pre-civil war Druze population numbered around 700,000, with Sweida province home to the sect's largest community.
Sweida province often becomes a battleground between the Bedouin tribes and Druze communities due to a long historic feud.
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