News about Syria • Israel

The Druse: An Insular Faith, Facing a Fractured Middle East www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/world/middleeast/who-are-druse-syria-israel-clashes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare via @NYTimes

You should ask the Atlantic Council: Is there any situation in which Israeli killing is not justified? “Israel is acting to contain a potential deterioration of the security situation in Syria.” nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlanticcouncil.org%2Fblogs%2Fnew-atlanticist%2Ffive-questions-and-expert-answers-on-israels-strikes-against-syria%2F&data=05%7C02%7Caabukhalil%40csustan.edu%7Cd42679530dbb4522f26b08ddc6b5fe2c%7Cbee5690713df4af2a4bfd7ef0debc01c%7C0%7C0%7C638885207172120312%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2Zh40qhzKblyf%2BwlFtioQrE3pDfuH4zwyc3so3mx2L8%3D&reserved=0

Countries occupy other people’s lands except Israel. Western media came up with “captured”: “Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1960s” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/world/middleeast/who-are-druse-syria-israel-clashes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare via ⁦@nytimes⁩

Israel and Syria agreed on a ceasefire after days of heightened tensions and Israeli airstrikes in Damascus and southern Syria, U.S. envoy Tom Barrack said on Friday. My report on @axios www.axios.com/2025/07/18/israel-syria-ceasefire-us-tension