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Druze citizens of Israel demonstrate in multiple locations and block a major highway in call for the Israeli government to do more to protect Syria's Druze community from attacks by the Syrian government.

To all units operating within the city of Suweida, we declare a complete ceasefire after an agreement was reached with the city's notables and dignitaries'

The Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday a ceasefire in the Druze-majority city of Sweida of southern Syria, as the Israeli occupation army launched a number of airstrikes on the city. The Syrian Defense Ministry said an agreement has been reached with the city’s “notables and dignitaries” after days of deadly clashes.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have ordered the IDF to attack regime forces moving towards the Druze in light of Israel's commitment to its own Druze citizens.

Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against Syrian military positions in southern Syria’s Suwayda province on Tuesday, in another act of aggression aimed at destabilizing the region.

Troops locate explosives, rockets at 'key' commando bases in operation aimed at keeping arms from being smuggled to Lebanon; deadly clashes break out in Druze area