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June 22, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/21/the-druze-abandon-assad.html

The Druze Abandon Assad

(Daily Beast) Hassan Hassan - A quiet insurrection against the Assad regime has been building for the past year in the Syrian province of Sweida, home to the bulk of the country's Druze population. This week a prominent religious figure, Sheikh Abu Fahad Wahid Balous, declared that the Druze were no long obliged to serve in the Syrian Army. A mass Druze abandonment of the regime could prove pivotal in how the war progresses. The writer is associate fellow at Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program.

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