Israel launches attack in Syria to protect Druze minority

Israel launches attack in Syria to protect Druze minority

BEIRUT — Sectarian battles erupted in Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 16 security personnel and civilians in a suburb near Damascus, and drawing Israeli airstrikes against what Israeli leaders said were groups targeting the minority Druze sect. The violence in the suburb of Ashrafiyah Sahnaya, about five miles southwest of the Syrian capital, came one day…

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