"Silence and standing idly by are no longer an option,” Druze leader Sheikh Mowafak Tarif wrote. Israel's Druze spiritual leadership called on its community to prepare to assist their Syrian counterparts “by all means necessary,

IDF attempts to stop Syrian Druze from entering Israel; death toll in Sweida nearing 250; airstrike hits Syrian general staff HQ, near presidential palace, army convoys

Israeli officials react to the ongoing violence in Syria's Sweida between regime forces and the local Druze community.

Israel has bombed the areas around the Syrian city of Suweida after renewed fighting between Syrian government forces and Druze militias. This came after clashes broke out between the Druze and Bedouin tribes over the weekend in which 30 were left dead and dozens wounded.

AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has once again surged to the forefront of the national crisis, this time with reports of field massacres and tribal clashes between Druze and Bedouins.

As of Wednesday morning, clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed just hours after a ceasefire was announced.

The Syrian government deployed its forces in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in a bid by the Islamist authorities to extend their power to the area controlled by local armed groups.