Israel Strikes Near Syrian Presidential Compound Amid Druze-Sunni Clashes
Israel confirmed fresh airstrikes on Damascus in the area of the Syrian presidential compound on Friday morning in a warning to President Ahmed al-Sharaa as sectarian violence between Druze and Sunnis continued.
TPS-IL News Agency 02.05.2025
At least 22 Syrian Druze have been killed in clashes with Sunni gunmen in the Damascus area.
“The recent violence and inflammatory rhetoric targeting members of the Druze community in Syria is reprehensible and unacceptable,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement condemning the fighting.
The Friday morning strike followed up on Israeli warning strikes on Wednesday.
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