Posted on 07/21/2025 8:36:27 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
The Druze are a small minority spread between Lebanon, northern Israel, and northern Jordan, with their concentration in southern Syria. Persecuted over the centuries, they are known as fierce fighters that placed their communities on the more mountainous terrain of the Levant for defensive reasons. Another defining feature of the Druze is the principle of loyalty to land and regime. Indeed, so close is the bond between Israel and its small Druze population of approximately 150,000 that most Druze youth serve in the IDF, with many becoming high-ranking officers.
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Good for them. This kind of thing needs to be handled regionally — without dragging the US into it.
But not the Christians?
Seeing a flurry of propaganda stories about the IDF as rescuers and protectors in Syria now. The Druze were fine until Israel, CIA and Turkey finally deposed Assad and installed an ISIS man for a leader. The gaslighting is supposed to be dim.... not like an LED floodlight.
There are Christians in this part of Syria?
I thought they were well away from the northern border of Israel.
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