{"id":1554,"date":"2025-05-05T02:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/syrias-druze-bloodshed-is-history-repeating-itself-post-assad\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T02:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:00:43","slug":"syrias-druze-bloodshed-is-history-repeating-itself-post-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/syrias-druze-bloodshed-is-history-repeating-itself-post-assad\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria&#8217;s Druze Bloodshed: Is History Repeating Itself Post-Assad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent clashes in Syria between pro-government forces and the Druze community have resulted in nearly 100 deaths, marking the worst violence since President Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s fall in early December. The sectarian clashes, unfolding near Damascus and southern Syria, have ignited fears of escalating instability in the region.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Druze-Bloodshed%3A-Is-History-Repeating-Itself-Post-Assad%3F-Image-Placement-1.jpg?alt=media\" alt=\"Syria's Druze Bloodshed: Is History Repeating Itself Post-Assad? - Image 1\"><\/p>\n<p>The Druze, a minority religious sect largely residing in Sweida province and Damascus suburbs, have faced increasing tensions, including a recent ambush in March.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the escalating violence, Israel has conducted military strikes targeting what it claims are extremist groups attacking the Druze community, including a strike near the presidential palace in Damascus, which Syria condemned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Druze-Bloodshed%3A-Is-History-Repeating-Itself-Post-Assad%3F-Image-Placement-2.jpg?alt=media\" alt=\"Syria's Druze Bloodshed: Is History Repeating Itself Post-Assad? - Image 2\"><\/p>\n<p>The Syrian government, currently led by a transitional administration, has deployed security forces to restore order and protect minority groups, reportedly reaching a deal to de-escalate tensions with Interior Ministry forces and local Druze gunmen deploying in different areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Druze-Bloodshed%3A-Is-History-Repeating-Itself-Post-Assad%3F-Image-Placement-3.jpg?alt=media\" alt=\"Syria's Druze Bloodshed: Is History Repeating Itself Post-Assad? - Image 3\"><\/p>\n<p>These events occur against the backdrop of Syria&#8217;s delicate transition, a struggling economy due to Western sanctions, and the new government&#8217;s efforts to maintain control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent clashes in Syria between pro-government forces and the Druze community resulted in nearly 100 deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Druze-Bloodshed%3A-Is-History-Repeating-Itself-Post-Assad%3F-Image-Placement-1.jpg?alt=media","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}