Shoot first, ask questions later.
“At least 12 killed in militant attack on Druze suburb of Damascus,” by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, The National, April 29, 2025:
At least 12 people have been killed in a militant attack on a Druze suburb of Damascus, in Syria’s latest outbreak of sectarian violence.
Fifteen others were injured in the attack on Tuesday, residents and members of the Druze religious minority said. It was the latest in a string of attacks on minority groups in Syria since former president Bashar Al Assad was ousted in December last year.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack on the Jaramana suburb, but it originated from surrounding districts controlled by pro-government militant brigades. The brigades are allied with Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, the rebel group once affiliated with Al Qaeda that led the overthrow of Mr Al Assad.
It came after a deepfake video was circulated on social media over the past two days that showed a Syrian Druze Sheikh, Marwan Kiwan, appearing to denounce the Prophet Mohammed.
Druze spiritual leaders and Muslims across the country warned that the video was an attempt to ignite sectarian strife. The Syrian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that the voice in the video was not Sheikh Kiwan’s and that it was working to determine who altered the video and would mete out “strict punishment”.
Ahmad Al Zuaiter, a prominent resident of Jaramana, said militants from nearby areas of Ghouta fired mortar rounds into the district overnight and tried to enter through a checkpoint known as Al Nassem that is manned by Druze members of the newly established police.
The dead included six Druze, mostly members of the police force, while the rest were attackers, Mr Al Zuaiter said….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
IDF strikes Syria to protect ethnic minority: “Israel won’t allow harm to Syria’s Druze community”
Alex Lund says
I think that the Druze and some other minorities wish that Assad would still be in power.
Noah Andeark says
I am constantly pointing out to muslims that mohammed is a “pig-faced dog, who likes to f&^* donkeys”. I’ve let the terrorists at CAIR know about their “prophet”.
Why? Because “mohammed is a pig-faced dog, who likes to f%^& donkeys”.
Cynthia says
Injured members of the Druze community came to Israel for medical care. They and the Kurds each need their own country in order to protect themselves from the savages.
Renata says
No, things have gone so badly wrong in Syria that anyone who has called for the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad can be honestly sorry. The genocidal government wants to kill all religious minorities, including the Druze. Mr. Katz should be told to give Commander Ghassan Alian permission at his own discretion and with whatever equipment he has at his disposal. The Druze must be annexed to Israel immediately.