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Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel

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Syria ’s many religious and ethnic communities are worried over their place in the new system.

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust.

The transitional government has promised to include them, but has so far kept authority in the hands of the Islamist former insurgents.

Israel has used the plight of the Druze as a pretext to intervene in the country.

For the first time, a protest took place in Sweida on Thursday against Damascus ' new authorities.

Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has promised to create an inclusive system, but the government is made up mostly of his confidantes.

The authorities convened a national dialogue conference last week , inviting Syrians from different communities, but many criticized it as rushed.

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English

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