Syria: a house of cards in flames

Israeli army escorts Syrians as they walk from Majdal Shams back to Syria, along the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, amid the ongoing conflict in the Druze areas of Syria, in Majdal Shams July 17, 2025 - REUTERS/ AMMAR AWAD
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22 de julio de 2025 (10:18 h.)
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The recent clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and the Druze community in southern Syria are a dangerous regional time bomb

Gustavo de Arístegui, diplomat, ambassador and member of parliament for the Popular Party, wrote on La Razón on 22 July 2025 about the clashes in southern Syria between Sunni Bedouin tribes – many infiltrated by jihadists connected to or inspired by Daesh (ISIS) or Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda – and the Druze community are not only a reflection of the thirst for revenge of a Sunni majority oppressed for 54 years, but also revealing symptoms of the structural fragility of the new Syrian order after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. 

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Syrian security forces check vehicles at the entrance to the Druze town of Sahnaya, Syria May 1, 2025 - REUTERS/ YAMAN AL SHAARA

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