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The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
imageWalid Jumblatt, the political leader of Lebanon's Druze minority, speaks in Beirut on July 18, 2025.AP Photo/Bilal Hussein

Violence continues several weeks after clashes started between armed Bedouin clans, Sunni jihadist groups and Druze fighters on July 14, 2025, in Sweida, a city in southern Syria.

Hundreds of Druze were killed in the clashes,...

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