{"id":126491,"date":"2025-04-30T11:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/in-syria-the-fear-of-community-violence-revived-by-clashes-in-druzes-cities\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:54:57","slug":"in-syria-the-fear-of-community-violence-revived-by-clashes-in-druzes-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/in-syria-the-fear-of-community-violence-revived-by-clashes-in-druzes-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"In Syria, the fear of community violence revived by clashes in Druzes cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4200\/2800\/556\/0\/75\/0\/fd396cc_ftp-import-images-1-89yul4yv06xu-5752513-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4200\/2800\/600\/0\/75\/0\/fd396cc_ftp-import-images-1-89yul4yv06xu-5752513-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4200\/2800\/664\/0\/75\/0\/fd396cc_ftp-import-images-1-89yul4yv06xu-5752513-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4200\/2800\/700\/0\/75\/0\/fd396cc_ftp-import-images-1-89yul4yv06xu-5752513-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4200\/2800\/800\/0\/75\/0\/fd396cc_ftp-import-images-1-89yul4yv06xu-5752513-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Les forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du nouveau gouvernement syrien montent la garde sur la route menant \u00e0 l\u2019a\u00e9roport, \u00e0 Jaramana, dans la banlieue de Damas, le 29\u00a0avril 2025, apr\u00e8s des affrontements interconfessionnels nocturnes entre les druzes et les combattants du gouvernement.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4200\/2800\/664\/0\/75\/0\/fd396cc_ftp-import-images-1-89yul4yv06xu-5752513-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"The security forces of the new Syrian government rose on the road on the road leading to the airport in Jaramana, in the suburbs of Damascus, on April 29, 2025, after night -ups night confrontations between the Druzes and the government fighters.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The security forces of the new Syrian government rose on the road on the road leading to the airport in Jaramana, in the suburbs of Damascus, on April 29, 2025, after night -ups night confrontations between the Druzes and the government fighters.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Rami Al Sayed\/AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Blood continues to flow into the Damascene agglomeration. In the morning of Wednesday, April 30, fighting against the backdrop of denominational and community violence again took place in the city of Sahnaya, a city with a Druze majority, located twelve kilometers southwest of the Syrian capital. At least eleven people were killed, according to the official Syrian news agency Sana <em>&#8220;In the past hours, attacks and clashes have continued, with light and medium -sized weapons, shells, drones and air forces, in Sahnaya and Achrafiyat Sahnaya, where around a million and a half people come from all of Syria&#8221;<\/em>testifies Lama Alhassanieh, journalist and former professor at the University of Damascus, a resident of this suburbs attached by phone. The neighborhood was placed under curfew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Fighting had already taken place the day before in this city and in another suburbs of the Syrian capital. Jaramana, located southeast of Damascus, woke up on Tuesday, April 29, to the sound of arms. Shortly after midnight, unidentified armed men burst into this neighboring city of Damascus, before opening fire on local security forces. <em>&#8220;Minor skirmishes started after midnight, then violent clashes broke out in the early hours of dawn&#8221;<\/em>says Eyad Alsharany, lawyer, resident of Jaramana, joined by phone. The city, where a majority Druze population lives &#8211; but also Sunni Christians and Muslims &#8211; is controlled by militiamen members of this religious minority, resulting from Shiite Islam, as well as members of the Directorate of General Security of the Ministry of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 69.46% of this article to read. 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