The ongoing instability of the security situation in Syria following Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow is further evidenced by deadly skirmishes between Islamist armed factions, security personnel, and fighters from the Druze religious minority near Damascus.
Once more, other parties have become involved; Israel claims to have conducted airstrikes to defend Druze civilians.
In Syria, which has been left shattered and divided by 13 years of catastrophic civil war and decades of autocratic control by the Assad dynasty, it represents yet another fault line.
Although the new Syrian government has stated that it is committed to bringing stability and unity, many people both inside and outside the nation continue to doubt its intentions and blame their origins in jihadism.
