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At least 12 people have been killed in a militant attack on a Druze suburb of Damascus, in Syria’s latest outbreak of sectarian violence.
Fifteen others were injured in the attack on Tuesday, residents and members of the Druze religious minority said. It was the latest in a string of attacks on minority groups in Syria since former president Bashar Al Assad was ousted in December last year.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack on the Jaramana suburb, but it originated from surrounding districts controlled by pro-government militant brigades. The brigades are allied with Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, the rebel group once affiliated with Al Qaeda that led the overthrow of Mr Al Assad.
It came after a deepfake video was circulated on social media over the past two days that showed a Syrian Druze Sheikh, Marwan Kiwan, appearing to denounce the Prophet Mohammed.
Druze spiritual leaders and Muslims across the country warned that the video was an attempt to ignite sectarian strife. The Syrian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that the voice in the video was not Sheikh Kiwan’s and that it was working to determine who altered the video and would mete out “strict punishment”.
Ahmad Al Zuaiter, a prominent resident of Jaramana, said militants from nearby areas of Ghouta fired mortar rounds into the district overnight and tried to enter through a checkpoint known as Al Nassem that is manned by Druze members of the newly established police.
The dead included six Druze, mostly members of the police force, while the rest were attackers, Mr Al Zuaiter said….[/QUOTE]
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At least 12 people have been killed in a militant attack on a Druze suburb of Damascus, in Syria’s latest outbreak of sectarian violence.
Fifteen others were injured in the attack on Tuesday, residents and members of the Druze religious minority said. It was the latest in a string of attacks on minority groups in Syria since former president Bashar Al Assad was ousted in December last year.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack on the Jaramana suburb, but it originated from surrounding districts controlled by pro-government militant brigades. The brigades are allied with Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, the rebel group once affiliated with Al Qaeda that led the overthrow of Mr Al Assad.
It came after a deepfake video was circulated on social media over the past two days that showed a Syrian Druze Sheikh, Marwan Kiwan, appearing to denounce the Prophet Mohammed.
Druze spiritual leaders and Muslims across the country warned that the video was an attempt to ignite sectarian strife. The Syrian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that the voice in the video was not Sheikh Kiwan’s and that it was working to determine who altered the video and would mete out “strict punishment”.
Ahmad Al Zuaiter, a prominent resident of Jaramana, said militants from nearby areas of Ghouta fired mortar rounds into the district overnight and tried to enter through a checkpoint known as Al Nassem that is manned by Druze members of the newly established police.
The dead included six Druze, mostly members of the police force, while the rest were attackers, Mr Al Zuaiter said….[/QUOTE]
At least 12 killed in militant attack on Druze suburb of Damascus | The National
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