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Syria's Druze defy Damascus and court Israel, risking a collision with Trump

Summary by Haaretz
As Sweida's spiritual leader pushes for autonomy and bars cooperation with the government of President al-Sharaa, leaning on Israel provides a fragile bargaining chip - one the Trump administration could easily snatch away

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Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post
Center

Israel can protect Sweida’s Druze without supporting Syria’s separation

Stability in Sweida will not come from creating new borders, but from building a new relationship between Sweida and the Damascus government.

·Jerusalem, Israel
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HaaretzHaaretz
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Syria's Druze defy Damascus and court Israel, risking a collision with Trump

As Sweida's spiritual leader pushes for autonomy and bars cooperation with the government of President al-Sharaa, leaning on Israel provides a fragile bargaining chip - one the Trump administration could easily snatch away

·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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L'OpinionL'Opinion

In Syria, Ahmed Al-Charaa Faced the Insoluble Equation of the Druze Separatists of Sueda

After the massacres of July 2025, the Druze of Sueïda oppose a fierce resistance to the central power, with the support of Israel

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Haaretz broke the news in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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