Syria’s Druze Are Wary in the Wake of Attacks

Syria’s Druze Are Wary in the Wake of Attacks

The al-Qasim family was sitting at home in fear when fighting started near the Arab Bank in Sahnaya, a town located on the outskirts of Damascus that is home to a sizable Druze community. The family members felt paralyzed by the sounds of violence after hours of brutal clashes right on their doorstep. The scenario was all too familiar; only the month before, over 1,500 people were killed in sectarian massacres in the coastal areas of Syria, incl…