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Syria’s Druze between the hammer of the regime and anvil of extremism
Beirut, Lebanon – The Syrian conflict has overshadowed the situation of the diverse minority groups, amid the regime’s attempts to present itself as minorities-protector against terrorism and the mounting concerns about the fate of these communities under the growing power of extremist groups across the country. A Syrian minority groups that has survived the four-year war is the Druze community, which has tried to stay impartial regarding the conflicting parties in an attempt to avoid possible attacks by certain groups. Mount Simaq, a Druze-inhabited area in the northwestern countryside of Syria’s Idlib, is surrounded by 17 small villages of no more than 30,000 residents, but the population currently exceeds 50,000 after sheltering many displaced people from the embattled areas of Idlib province. Posted by: badanov 2015-04-22 |
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