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Hikmat al-Hijri is attempting to recast the Druze story through a Zionist lens (opens the original)
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Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria’s Sweida governorate, made a remarkable statement this week. The Druze, he declared, are “an inseparable part” of the state of Israel, “even in terms of faith”. These comments should not be dismissed as just another provocative declaration by a religious leader opposing the government in Damascus. They reveal something much deeper: the emergence in Sweida of a narrative strikingly similar to the one cultivated for decades by Z
Syria: Former grand mufti and Assad ally receives life sentence in Syria (opens the original)
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The former top Muslim cleric under Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Syria, a Damascus court said on Monday. Former Grand Mufti Ahmed Badreddin Hassoun, who was arrested at the airport in March 2025 while attempting to leave the country, was sentenced over charges including inciting sectarian hatred and abuse of office. The Damascus court said Hassoun, the tenth figure from the ousted regime to be convicted by the new transitional government, was guilty of having "stoked
Israeli opinion article says Turkey's Nato protection does not apply to troops in Syria (opens the original)
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An opinion article on Thursday in the right-wing Israeli paper Israel Hayom has suggested that any Turkish troops in Syria would be considered sitting ducks for Israel, because Nato's collective defence pact would not apply outside a member state's borders. The piece comes two days after Israeli air strikes destroyed parts of a disused air force base in northern Syria, close to the Turkish border, where Israel believed Turkish troops were on the cusp of moving in. "Before Turkish troops arrive,
Trump envoy 'deeply concerned' by Israeli strikes on Syrian air base (opens the original)
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US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack defended the Syrian government on Tuesday after Israeli air strikes targeted the Abu al-Duhur military air base in northern Syria, calling it an "unnecessary escalation". "The Al-Sharaa government has neither adopted a predatory posture nor maintained proxy forces. It has, in fact, repeatedly indicated a preference for de-escalation with Israel," he wrote on X. "We are deeply concerned," he added. "[This] does not advance regional stability." Israel has not
Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia in landmark trial (opens the original)
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A Damascus court sentenced Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher and former security official Atef Najib to death on Tuesday on charges of murder, torture and incitement to murder. The court convicted Bashar of premeditated murder of multiple people, including children, as well as torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity. Najib was tried in person, while Bashar and Maher were tried in absentia. Former security official Najib, a cousin of Assad, was arrested
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