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International scholarships for Christians and Jews quickly mobilized their resources in July to help persecuted Syrian Druze and Christians face what some say is the genocide done by jihadists in southern Syria.
Syrian-backed forces, including jihadists, launched attacks on Syrian Druze in the southern part of the country, leading to murder At least 1,400 people,,,,, Including a 35-year-old man Syrian Americans in OklahomaHosam Saraya, who visited her family in Syria.
“Once we see what’s going on in Sweida, we won’t turn a blind eye to it,” Yael Eckstein, president and global CEO of Christian and Jewish people, told Fox News Digital.
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Syrian security forces walked along a street after clashes between Syrian government forces restored in Sweida, south of Druze city, on July 16, 2025. (Reuters/Karam al-Mesri)
She noted that her organization had never operated in Syria before this year, but her organization said her organization “received an emergency call from a hospital from Sweida where they needed basic medications, surgical care, ICU medicine and equipment, first responders’ equipment and masks for morgue workers.”
The scholarship is coordinated with the IDF to deliver medicines and equipment to Sweida. Ekstein said her team provided Syria with “retired Israeli ambulances so locals can run them”.
Most of the city of Druze, Sweida, is the focus of Syrian Islamist siege loyal to new President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a former member of the designated terrorist movements, al-Qaeda and ISIS.
according to Christian Broadcasting NetworkChristians are also targeted. Islamists reportedly murdered Khaled Mazhar, pastor of the Good Shepherd Evangelical Church in Svida, as well as 11 family members. Another survived the Christian Holocaust because Islamists believed she was dead.
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International scholarships for Christians and Jews, Israel’s largest charity, have provided assistance to the Druze community in Syria amid the persecution and attacks of Islamic militants. (International scholarships for Christians and Jews)
July, Israel launches military strike On the way to the southern city of Sweida, troops opposed most of the Bedouin stopped the Holocaust. Israel also attacked the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus to stop the bloodshed in Sweden. Eckstein added that at least “26 Druze villages were completely burned down”.
Since Fox News Digital interviewed Eckstein, the Syrian Human Rights Observatory reported that “at least 30 villages have damaged the villages due to arson and destruction.”
Ekstan said the scholarship was first provided to aid in Syria in April.
Eckstein Sid, after the April massacre, when we provide 1.500 food boxes within 13 kilometers of the Israeli border, after the Israeli border, the Islams burned the boxes. ”
Israel and Syria have no diplomatic relations. Syria is considered an enemy state because it has launched several wars against Israel since the Jewish state was reborn in 1948.
Ekstan said the scholarship “operates on enemy territory, and Jews and Christians are providing life-saving assistance. Islamists don’t like it. We want to see this in the interest of the Syrian government to get aid and hope to bring more kindness to Syria.
“Now, Jews are standing with Christians persecuted in Syria. Emphasizing that this is a case of good and evil, not limited to Syria. It is important for Jews and Christians to stand together around the Jewish Christian values that sanctify life. ”
International scholarships for Christians and Jews have provided assistance to Druze, Christians and other ethnic minorities, affected by recent attacks. Trucks enter through the Israeli border with Syria. (International scholarships for Christians and Jews)
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Safwan Marich, in the Druze community in Israel, runs the scholarship emergency response center and tells Fox News Digital that in the Sweida area, “Tyhere is a genocide. This requires no further explanation, especially Jews.
“Once the residents of the desolate village come back, they will understand the seriousness of the disaster. Women are kidnapped by jihad, children are kidnapped and missing.”
Marich stays in touch with Druze, in Syria.
“This war is religious in nature,” he said. “There is a video of Dash (Islamic State) Go to a village and ask, “Are you a Druze or a Sunni?” He replied that he is Syrian. He asked him again, so he answered Druze, who was shot dead in the street. Obviously, there is religious motivation behind this incident.
“It’s important to me to help Druze because first of all, I’m Druze. The Druzes are not aggressive and hostile, but when they are attacked, they don’t stand by. We have a commandment in the Druze tradition that can help our brothers. To help us in the world may help the Druze community.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) and Syria’s interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa held a press conference on February 4, 2025 at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey. (Mehmet Ali Ozcan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Marich also noted that he was an Israeli and that a Druze officer was killed in Gaza a few days ago. Twelve officers from the Druze community have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war.
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“They died in defending Israel and the Jews. We expect Israeli society to stand through the Druze community, so we can defend our brothers in Syria. The State of Israel cannot afford the Desh on its borders and on the Golan Heights.”
He pointed to the example of Hamas on the border and its military dangers that it grew into for years, as it warned radical Islamists to have a foothold on the Syria-Israel border.
