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Israel to Protect Druze Village in Syria

(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz instructed the Israel Defense Forces on Saturday to "prepare to defend" the Druze-majority city of Jaramana on the outskirts of Damascus in Syria which was "currently under attack by the forces of the Syrian regime." "We will not allow the extreme Islamic regime in Syria to harm the Druze," Katz said. Israeli leaders have regularly spoken with foreign leaders about the importance of protecting the Druze in southwestern Syria, along with Syria's Kurds. Golan Druze have asked Israel to allow Syrian Druze to work in their towns on the Golan Heights. A pilot program is being drawn up by Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian, the IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, who is Druze. When the Assad regime in Syria fell in December, the IDF moved to capture the buffer zone between the countries on the Syrian side of the border as a defensive measure. The UN considers Israel's takeover of the buffer zone a violation of the 1974 disengagement accord. Israel says the accord had fallen apart since one of the sides was no longer in a position to implement it.
2025-03-02 00:00:00
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