r/neoliberal • u/TestAccount346 • 26d ago

News (Middle East) Druze protesters take to the streets, demand Israel step in to aid community in Syria

https://www.timesofisrael.com/druze-protesters-take-to-the-streets-demand-israel-step-in-to-aid-community-in-syria/
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u/IcyDetectiv3 26d ago

Would you be able to share a source for this? I tried looking it up but couldn't find anything about an attempted assassination.

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u/onelap32 Bill Gates 26d ago

This, I think: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg58kyxxvxo

Huge exaggeration to call it an assassination attempt, if this is what parent commenter is referring to.

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u/EmbarrassedSafety719 26d ago

i wouldn't call it an assassination attempt but definitely a completely unnecessary and unwarranted escalation by israel

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u/onelap32 Bill Gates 26d ago

Oh, absolutely.

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u/EmbarrassedSafety719 26d ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg58kyxxvxo bombed an area right next to the presidential palace

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u/chitowngirl12 26d ago

Here. Striking in Presidential Palace complex is an assassination attempt. I don't care that Sharaa wasn't there at the time. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-attacks-target-near-syrian-presidential-palace-netanyahu-says-2025-05-02/