The Druze, a minority group in Syria, are at the heart of escalating tensions with Israel, prompting Israeli airstrikes to safeguard them.

Israeli occupation forces have launched a chain of air strikes on the southern Syrian city of Suwayda, hours after the Syrian government declared a truce in the region. The strikes mark an escalation in the unstable area, which has been rapt by fatal fighting between Bedouin tribes and local Druze troops since Sunday.