[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Ayman Abdel Nour [@aabnour](/creator/twitter/aabnour) on x 122.8K followers Created: 2025-07-22 18:53:03 UTC the fallout from syria massacres Will the U.S. push the Druze and Kurds to capitulate to Damascus as if nothing has changed? By The Editorial Board the fallout from syria massacres Will the U.S. push the Druze and Kurds to capitulate to Damascus as if nothing has changed? Syria is set to release an internal report Tuesday concerning responsibility for the March massacres of some XXXXX Alawites by regime forces and militias. Its findings arrive with impeccable timing—right after new massacres by regime-aligned forces have wound down in Sweida in southern Syria. This time they targeted the Druze minority. Syria’s ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa can tell his investigative committee to get back to work, but hard questions remain about the former al Qaeda commander’s regime. Why, after Syrian regulars withdrew from Sweida on Thursday morning for a cease-fire—after executing dozens of Druze in the field—were large forces of irregulars from Bedouin tribes then allowed to attack the non-Muslim minority? Hundreds have died since July 13, and videos circulated of atrocities on both sides, including one of three Druze men forced to jump off a building. Trump envoy Ric Grenell shared a report of a Druze American from Oklahoma executed with his Syrian family. For crucial days Damascus declined to block the few roads carrying Sunni tribal forces pledging revenge against the Druze to the fighting in Sweida. “We are grateful to the tribes for their heroic actions,” Mr. Sharaa said on Saturday. He asked merely that they let the state handle security. When will the tribes be disarmed, as he demands of the Druze and Kurds? The Sweida massacres are a reminder of what can happen in the Middle East to the weak, or even to the strong if they let their guard down. The well of brutality that is summoned against Israel has too often risen to purge or kill the region’s other minorities, including Christians. Tom Barrack, the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria, told the Associated Press that the violence has been “intolerable,” but “the current government of Syria, in my opinion, has conducted themselves as best they can.” The government must be held accountable, he added later, but “I think all of the minority communities are smart enough to say, ‘We’re better off together, centralized.’” So far Mr. Sharaa has amassed power in his own hands, asking the Druze and Kurds to give up their weapons and trust his assurances. The more sectarian violence that takes place, abetted or tolerated by Damascus, the less credible that offer becomes. Mr. Barrack also criticized the timing and effect of Israel’s military intervention to protect the Druze. Several reports, including from Reuters, have suggested that Mr. Barrack’s repeated comments in favor of centralization misled Syria’s regime to believe it had a green light to send forces to Sweida, despite Israeli warnings. Greater caution regarding the U.S. embrace of Mr. Sharaa is called for, as some in Congress have noticed. The House Financial Services Committee is set to consider legislation by Rep. Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.) that would establish oversight and place conditions on the lifting of more Syria sanctions. President Trump garnered headlines for an executive order providing Syria relief, but in the fine print it established authority to sanction anyone there who disrupts the peace. The carrots and sticks are ready, should the West ask more of Mr. Sharaa than pretty words.  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [druze](/topic/druze) [Post Link](https://x.com/aabnour/status/1947731636881346974)
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the fallout from syria massacres Will the U.S. push the Druze and Kurds to capitulate to Damascus as if nothing has changed? By The Editorial Board
the fallout from syria massacres Will the U.S. push the Druze and Kurds to capitulate to Damascus as if nothing has changed?
Syria is set to release an internal report Tuesday concerning responsibility for the March massacres of some XXXXX Alawites by regime forces and militias. Its findings arrive with impeccable timing—right after new massacres by regime-aligned forces have wound down in Sweida in southern Syria. This time they targeted the Druze minority. Syria’s ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa can tell his investigative committee to get back to work, but hard questions remain about the former al Qaeda commander’s regime. Why, after Syrian regulars withdrew from Sweida on Thursday morning for a cease-fire—after executing dozens of Druze in the field—were large forces of irregulars from Bedouin tribes then allowed to attack the non-Muslim minority? Hundreds have died since July 13, and videos circulated of atrocities on both sides, including one of three Druze men forced to jump off a building. Trump envoy Ric Grenell shared a report of a Druze American from Oklahoma executed with his Syrian family. For crucial days Damascus declined to block the few roads carrying Sunni tribal forces pledging revenge against the Druze to the fighting in Sweida. “We are grateful to the tribes for their heroic actions,” Mr. Sharaa said on Saturday. He asked merely that they let the state handle security. When will the tribes be disarmed, as he demands of the Druze and Kurds? The Sweida massacres are a reminder of what can happen in the Middle East to the weak, or even to the strong if they let their guard down. The well of brutality that is summoned against Israel has too often risen to purge or kill the region’s other minorities, including Christians. Tom Barrack, the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria, told the Associated Press that the violence has been “intolerable,” but “the current government of Syria, in my opinion, has conducted themselves as best they can.” The government must be held accountable, he added later, but “I think all of the minority communities are smart enough to say, ‘We’re better off together, centralized.’” So far Mr. Sharaa has amassed power in his own hands, asking the Druze and Kurds to give up their weapons and trust his assurances. The more sectarian violence that takes place, abetted or tolerated by Damascus, the less credible that offer becomes. Mr. Barrack also criticized the timing and effect of Israel’s military intervention to protect the Druze. Several reports, including from Reuters, have suggested that Mr. Barrack’s repeated comments in favor of centralization misled Syria’s regime to believe it had a green light to send forces to Sweida, despite Israeli warnings. Greater caution regarding the U.S. embrace of Mr. Sharaa is called for, as some in Congress have noticed. The House Financial Services Committee is set to consider legislation by Rep. Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.) that would establish oversight and place conditions on the lifting of more Syria sanctions. President Trump garnered headlines for an executive order providing Syria relief, but in the fine print it established authority to sanction anyone there who disrupts the peace. The carrots and sticks are ready, should the West ask more of Mr. Sharaa than pretty words.
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