Druze Mount next flashpoint in Syrian conflict : implications for Israel
This month’s killing of 23 Druze clan members by Jabhat Al Nusra jihadists has made Syrian Druze a potential flashpoint in a proxy war between Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. As rebel forces advance towards the mountainous Druze stronghold in Idlib province, Israel has to decide whether it should int...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-792162020-11-01T07:54:54Z Druze Mount next flashpoint in Syrian conflict : implications for Israel James M. Dorsey S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science This month’s killing of 23 Druze clan members by Jabhat Al Nusra jihadists has made Syrian Druze a potential flashpoint in a proxy war between Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. As rebel forces advance towards the mountainous Druze stronghold in Idlib province, Israel has to decide whether it should intervene in the Syrian civil war by arming the Druze while Saudi Arabia makes the choice between realpolitik and its religious doctrine which views the Druze as heretics. 2015-06-17T03:57:32Z 2019-12-06T13:19:56Z 2015-06-17T03:57:32Z 2019-12-06T13:19:56Z 2015 2015 Commentary James M. Dorsey. (2015). Druze Mount next flashpoint in Syrian conflict : implications for Israel. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 140). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79216 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25937 en RSIS Commentaries, 140-15 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
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This month’s killing of 23 Druze clan members by Jabhat Al Nusra jihadists has made Syrian Druze a potential flashpoint in a proxy war between Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. As rebel forces advance towards the mountainous Druze stronghold in Idlib province, Israel has to decide whether it should intervene in the Syrian civil war by arming the Druze while Saudi Arabia makes the choice between realpolitik and its religious doctrine which views the Druze as heretics. |
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