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Israeli Druze declare general strike, call to prepare to cross the border to help Syrian Druze
All Israel News
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July 16, 2025
Members of the Druze and the Circassians community in Israel protest outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, demanding equal rights, June 30, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 The rapidly deteriorating situation of the Syrian Druze...
Israeli government on verge of collapse? PM Benjamin Netanyahu loses majority as coalition partner quits due to...
DNA India
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government lost its majority on Wednesday when the ultra-Orthodox Shas party quit the coalition. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Image credit: Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Syria vows justice for Israeli attacks on those who ‘abused our Druze people’
Mint
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July 17, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa stated on Thursday that safeguarding the Druze population and their rights is a top priority, following Israel’s pledge to target Syrian government forces accused of attacking Druze communities in southern...
Syrian Govt-Druze Declare Ceasefire After U.S. Intervention After Deadly Fighting, Israeli Bombing
The Times of India
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July 17, 2025
'They Took Away My Son's...': Russian Woman Reveals Key Secrets, Her Kids' Father Tracked Down Russian national Nina Kutina, who was recently found living in a cave in Gokarna with her two young daughters, has revealed she gave birth to one of...
Israel attacks Syrian Army headquarters in Damascus with drones amid fighting in Sweida
Metro World News
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July 16, 2025
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a drone attack on the Syrian Army headquarters in the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday, following their threats against the new authorities amidst clashes between Druze militants and Bedouins backed by...
Khanna on Mamdani: FDR Had ‘Terrible Antisemite’ in His Coalition, I Think Mamdani Will Protect Jews
Breitbart
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July 17, 2025
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he hopes New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) will unequivocally condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” and stated that FDR had...
Israel strikes Syria, US hopes for de-escalation
BGNES
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July 16, 2025
Syrian authorities have announced a new ceasefire in Suwayda. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he hoped for "de-escalation" in southern Syria in the "coming hours," speaking of a "misunderstanding" between Israel and neighboring Syria, AFP...
Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire as Israel continues...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Israeli strikes continued after the ceasefire announcement. Rare Israeli airstrikes in the heart of Damascus The announcement came after Israel launched rare airstrikes in the heart of Damascus, an escalation in a campaign that it said was...
Israel`s Netanyahu govt loses majority after key party quits
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 16, 2025
Shas, an ultra-Orthodox party that has long served as kingmaker in Israeli politics, announced that it would bolt the government over disagreements surrounding a proposed law that would enshrine broad military draft exemptions for its constituents...
Second Israeli ultra-Orthodox party to quit government in blow to Netanyahu
Yahoo News
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A key partner in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government says it is quitting, dealing a major blow to the Israeli prime minister that could leave him heading a minority coalition in parliament. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party said on Wednesday that it was...
'No State Is Above the Law': Hague Group Issues Plan to Counter Israeli Genocide in Gaza
Common Dreams
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July 16, 2025
The Hague Group—a coalition of Global South nations launched earlier this year by Progressive International to hold Israel legally accountable for its annihilation of Gaza—on Wednesday released a joint action plan aimed at bringing an end to the...
Azerbaijan-Israel and “neutrality” in Syria: diplomacy from the South Caucasus to the Middle East
JAMnews
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July 16, 2025
Azerbaijan between Israel, Iran, Turkey, and Syria Recently, one of the new and attention-grabbing directions of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy has been its growing involvement in the Middle East, especially in Syria. While Azerbaijani diplomacy was...
Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request, Israeli strikes
The Straits Times
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July 16, 2025
DAMASCUS - Syria announced that its army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida on July 16, following a wave of Israeli strikes on the capital and a US call for government forces to leave the majority-Druze southern city. The United...
Israel pummels Damascus as sectarian fighting escalates in country’s south
Washington Examiner
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July 16, 2025
Israel expanded airstrikes against Damascus on Wednesday after a fragile ceasefire in southern Syria collapsed.Though announced by Damascus on Tuesday, the ceasefire between the Druze and government forces doesn’t appear to have ever truly taken...
Israel launches airstrikes on Damascus, intervening in clashes between Syrian troops and Druze religious minority
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Syrian Defence Ministry, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (SANA via AP) DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government officials...
Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias
9News
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July 16, 2025
Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country's fragile postwar order. Syria is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from...
Is It Time to Write the Obituary for Israel Studies?
The Jewish Journal - California
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July 17, 2025
I am the author of a new report published by the Jewish People Policy Institute, “Israel Studies at American Universities: Is There a Path Forward?,” a call to action to save the discipline before it’s too late. I trained as a historian in the...
US says ‘specific steps’ agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus
The Island
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July 17, 2025
Career-best contributions from Mahedi Hasan and Tanzid Hasan powered Bangladesh to a series-winning eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka . The home side had blown away Bangladesh in the first game in Pallekele, but the visitors fought back in the...
CNN WIRE — Powerful Israeli strikes rock Damascus, Syria: VIDEO
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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July 16, 2025
(COVER PHOTO – Khalil Ashawi/Reuters via CNN Newsource) By Eyad Kourdi, Catherine Nicholls, Eugenia Yosef, Mostafa Salem and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday,...
Zohran Mamdani’s dad’s deep links to controversial SJP group and incendiary anti-Israel stance at keynote speech exposed
New York Post
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July 16, 2025
Zohran Mamdani followed in his father’s path by setting up a branch of a US radical Muslim group at his elite alma mater in Maine, The Post has learned. The Democratic mayoral nominee co-founded a branch of Students for Justice for Palestine at...