DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK:
MONERO (XMR): 86yfEHs6pkoDEKCxc6MAnQX8cVHmzhYxMVrNuwKgNmqpWK8dDxjgGnK8PtUNJMACbn6xEGxmRauNTHJhUJpg9Mwz8htBBND
BITCOIN (BTC): bc1qgu58lfszcpqu6fd8l98m378wgzugyg9y93lcym
BITCOIN CASH (BCH): qr28d80s5juzv2793k5jrq59xrl5fxd8qg9h3zlkk2
PAYPAL, WESTERN UNION etc: write to info@southfront.press , southfront@list.ru
If you face any problems sending funds to the addresses given above, please contact us: info@southfront.press and southfront@list.ru. Also be aware that many email services such as Hotmail, Yahoo etc. may block correspondence from info@southfront.press and some others put it in spam.
If you want to support SouthFront but have no opportunity to do it via cryptocurrency, please contact us: info@southfront.press and southfront@list.ru.
The conflict between Syria’s Islamist-led government and the Druze minority in the southern governorate of al-Suwayda have brought the country closer than ever to an all-out sectarian war.
The battle in the southern governorate broke on July 13 with limited clashes between Druze fighters and Sunni bedouins. The government, which adopted a sectarian narrative, sided with the Bedouins and launched an attack on the governorate on July 14.
Israel, acting on the promise it made to protect the Druze after the fall of the Assad regime, intervened. Israeli strikes hit southern Syria and the capital, Damascus. Government forces were forced to withdraw by July 16.
The battle reignited on July 17 after the withdrawal of the government with Syrian tribes announcing a general mobilization to fight the Druze, who were accused of forcibly displacing the bedouins from al-Suwayda.
The United States announced a ceasefire after talks with Israel and Syria on July 18, but the attack continued and tribal forces managed to storm the city of al-Suwayda. The forces were, however, pushed out by the Druze by late July 19, with no support from Israel.
By early July 20, the clashes in al-Suwayda city came to an end with the government deploying its security forces in areas held by tribal forces in the northern and western outskirts.
The government claimed that its security forces should deploy in all of al-Suwadya under the U.S.-brokered agreement. However, the spiritual leadership of the Druze demanded the complete withdrawal of all government and tribal forces from the governorate.
Late on July 20, tribal forces escalated again by attacking the town of Ariqah and nearby towns in the northern countryside of al-Suwayda. Israel carried out warning strikes and the attack was eventually repelled by Druze fighters.
Early on July 21, the government announced that all remaining Bedouins were being evacuated from al-Suwayda under the agreement with the Druze.
Government and tribal forces were blamed for a wide range of war crimes against the Druze, from setting buildings on fire, to looting, abductions and summary executions.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the battle in al-Suwayda has so far claimed the lives of 1,120 people, including 194 Druze civilians who were executed by government forces. The real death toll is likely much higher.
The adoption of a sectarian narrative and discriminatory policies by the government is the main reason behind the conflict in al-Suwayda. Sectarian and ethnic tensions have never been higher in Syria. Israel is clearly taking advantage of this to advance its own agenda and weaken the unity of the country. Still, the government appears to lack the will to reform, or even to discipline its forces.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence
NOW hosted at southfront.press
Previously, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.org.
The .org domain name had been blocked by the US (NATO) (https://southfront.press/southfront-org-blocked-by-u-s-controlled-global-internet-supervisor/) globally, outlawed and without any explanation
Back before that, from 2013 to 2015, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.com
and the orchestra began its next piece
get smart agent 86 from control the enemy of order out of chaos.
syria is irrelevant. putin alone will inflict a strategic victory on the us, uk, germany, nato and the eu.
pokrovsk alone is more valuable than all of syria, gaza and the west bank. the deep state can keep those shitholes as consolation prize. play stupid games win stupid prizes
no. putin cannot maintain a 100 year war. they can and are prepared too.
putin is playing with ukraine like a cat plays with a mouse before it devours it. ehehehe.
wrong israels gdp is higher than even irans they aren’t fighting over israel because their holy.
syria paid the price of disobedience to the usa…heheheh
and so will you when refugees from that region show up in your neighbourhood, take your toilet scrubber job, and beat you up every day for being a homosexual.
the jewsa is paying the price of obedience to the jooz. heheheheheheh
so how is all that freedom and democracy that the moderate terrorists brought to syria working out?
exactly as planned strategically.