"No one can tell me that the squadrons of many American, Russian and foreign planes did not see this gathering which suddenly took the regime by surprise and raided Jebel al-Arab," said Walid
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Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...ISIS assault on the city of Sweida and nearby villages in the Jebel al-Arab area on Thursday killed more than 246 people, many of them civilians.
Syrian state media said the army had intervened and battled the turbans with both ground forces and air strikes.
Jumblat, who heads the largest Druze political party in Leb, is a strong critic of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
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He also accused Assad of wanting to send Druze from the Jebel al-Arab area including the city of Sweida to fight in a future offensive against rebels in Idlib province in northern Syria.
Many community leaders and top Druze religious leaders have refused to sanction enlistment in the army during Syria’s seven-year conflict.
"They want to sacrifice the youths of Jebel al-Arab in Idlib," Jumblat said.
He asked Assad’s main ally Russia to help prevent that.
"We want its (Russia’s) guarantee to the people of the Jebel that they will remain in the Jebel and not be used by Bashar as fodder, living or dead, for his personal ends."