The deadly clashes in the Druze regions in Syria raises fears of expanding turmoil

The deadly clashes between the Islamic armed factions and the security forces and the fighters from the Druze minority near Damascus are another sign of the continued fragility of the security situation in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al -Assad.

External players participated again, as Israel said it had carried out air strikes to protect civilians Druze.

It represents another error line in Syria, which he left broken and divided into the aftermath of 13 years of destructive civil war and decades of authoritarian rule by the Assad family.

The new Syrian authorities said that they are determined to bring unity and stability, but many inside and outside the country still point to their roots in jihadist and remain skeptical in their agenda.

Before President Assad was prolonged, his rule was re -established in the main cities in Syria and along the highways between them – as well as turning the coastal community of the sect to which his family belongs.

But there were other parts partly or almost completely outside its control.

Among them is Idlib in the north, where the current leader in Syria, Ahmed Al-Sharra, led his Islamic rebel faction, Haya Tarir al-Sham (HTS)-one of the previous subsidiaries of the Al-Qaeda-to victory last December.

In the northeast, the Syrian Kurdish forces maintained half of the continuous during the civil war and abroad.

South Damascus, Druze also had some limited self -rule.

These divisions remain, although Alawite areas are now the most dangerous flash points for new rulers in Syria.

In March, she left the days of fighting between security forces and fighters loyal to Assad hundreds of dead people, including civilians. Other regular armed factions also shared loosely for the new authorities and carried out killings of revenge against local Al -Uli.

Such violence is the greatest fear for those who support Shara and those who are against him.

The latest clashes to southern Damascus once again included fighters from many armed factions that are still active in Syria and Druze. Their religion is a branch of Islam, with large societies not only in Syria, but in Lebanon, Jordan and Israel as well.

It is the relationship with Israel that prompted the country’s air force to carry out several strikes during the fighting in the town of Ashrafit Sanya on and around Wednesday.

The Israeli government said that the operation was a warning and demanded that the Syrian authorities prevent harm to Druze.

The Syrian authorities said that the security forces had been deployed in Sahnaya Ashrafat to restore security and stability, accusing what was called “external groups” stationed in inciting clashes.

But the spiritual leader of the Syrian Druze community, Sheikh Hekkam Al -Hijri, condemned the violence as a “unjustified genocide campaign” and said that people were defending their homes from the attacks of extremists.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 101 people have been killed this week in the Ashrafa Satanaya, the Jaramana suburb, and the southern province of Sweden, which has a majority of Druze.

The UK -based monitoring group, which included 71 members of the Druze community, including 10 civilians and 35 militants who were killed in an “ambush” while traveling from Sweden to Damascus on Wednesday, as well as 30 members of the security forces and allied armed groups.

At least, at least, violence faded, as the government was said to have agreed to a ceasefire with local Druze leaders.

But the surprise and narrowness that the clashes erupted – which prompted this through an audio recording on the social media of a man who insults the Prophet Muhammad, and is a lie to Druze cleric – shows the possibility that Syria will return to the conflict.

There is a mutual doubt between the new authorities led by Islamic and religious minorities such as Allawites and Druze.

It is a combustible mixture, which is more inflamed than external courses such as Israel and Turkey in playing. Both have advanced their interests inside Syria since the fall of Assad.

Israel has seized more lands in southern Syria outside the Golan Heights region, which it has long occupied.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the removal of the full militarization of Sweden and two other provinces south of Damascus. He says that the new Syrian government is extreme and that the presence of security forces anywhere near the border will represent a threat to Israel.

Israel played its relationship with the Druze community in the region, where it presented itself as a defender of them, even if many Syrian Druze themselves do not see this in this way.

The new authorities in Damascus rejected Israel’s movements as a violation of Syria’s sovereignty, although they were keen to clarify that they were not seeking to conflict with Israel.

Türkiye was the main sponsor of the rebel forces, which recently overthrew Assad and established close relations with the new leadership in the country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israel’s military intervention in Syria as a “dangerous and unacceptable provocation.”

Tension between Türkiye and Israel on their various goals in the new Syria adds other complications to a set of problems facing Shar and his government.

With the presence of many forces inside and outside Syria still is at odds with each other, the goal of uniting and installing the country – despite some successes so far – is still very difficult.

Syria will need a lot of breathing space in addition to financial and political support from the international community to achieve real progress towards a better future for its citizens, the poor and to uproot years of bitter conflict.