'Protection' for Power

In the smoky, blood-soaked ruins of Damascus, beneath the reverberations of Israeli airstrikes and the silent toll of sectarian killings, it is the people who are made to suffer, only if they are lucky enough to survive!

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At the core of the fresh Israeli onslaught in Damascus stands the Druze community—marginalised, largely misunderstood, and once again made pawns in a high-stakes geopolitical contest. Israel, as a matter of fact, has framed its actions as a response to the violence engulfing the Druze-majority city of Suweida. Ostensibly conducted to 'protect' the Druze from the repression of the Syrian and jihadist militias, Israel's (mis)adventure seems to have come at a very fraught moment. With the new Islamist-leaning government of Ahmed al-Sharaa tightening its grip over Syria and cracks already surfacing in the delicate sectarian balance of the region, Israel's interference seems to be driven more by strategic geopolitical equations.