Druze Sheikh Aql in Lebanon Sami Abou al-Mona stressed on Monday that the Druze community is committed to integration in society and will "not be protected by an enemy." Prominent Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt warned that "danger is lurking against the essence of our creed and Arab heritage" in Lebanon and beyond.

Protests erupted across southern Syria in response, with civilians condemning Netanyahu’s remarks as interference in Syrian sovereignty. Demonstrators called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the buffer zone along the Syrian border and rejected any foreign military presence in the region.

The IDF will either attack the Syrian forces if there is a problem, or if it is just a threat to keep distance from Israel, the 'Post' learned.

Israel’s defense minister says minority Druze in Jaramana a town south of Damascus, were under attack from the new Syrian regime and that he ordered Israeli forces to be poised to help protect them if necessary.

Israel’s defense ministry says the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus in neighboring Syria

Israel's defense ministry says the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus in neighboring Syria. It asserts that the minority it has vowed to pr