The Syrian Rijal al-Karama popular movement condemned the attacks by elements affiliated with the Golani group in Sweida province and warned against the attacks on mosques and churches and the threat to internal peace. The movement has announced that it will not back down from defending the people and regional identity.
Publish dateWednesday 16 July 2025 - 09:59
Story Code : 322015
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): The Rijal al-Karama movement in Syria has strongly condemned the attacks by elements affiliated with the Golani terrorist regime in Sweida province and considered these actions a threat to internal peace and social unity. The movement warned that the attacks on mosques and churches in the Jabal al-Arab region are an attack on the religious, cultural and historical identity of the people of this region.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had previously reported that since last Sunday, armed clashes between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes have killed at least 203 people, including 21 civilians who were summarily executed.
Walid Jumblatt, the political leader of the Druze in Lebanon, has warned against the Zionist regime’s sedition and stressed the need to reach a political solution and avoid violence. Sheikh Nasreddin al-Ghraib, one of the two wise sheikhs and a prominent spiritual leader of the Druze in Lebanon, has also identified the terrorists who committed the crime in Sweida as affiliated with the US and the Zionist regime, and has said that these aggressions are an attempt to divide Syria and strike at the country’s history of resistance.
The statement of the Rijal al-Karama movement states that “our weapons have never been for bargaining or surrender” and that this movement only uses them to defend the people and sacred places. It has also been stated that the movement's relations with the religious and social leadership of the Druze, especially with Sheikh Hikmat al-Khajri (the spiritual leader of the Druze of Sweida), remain strong, and any rumors about this are part of the psychological warfare against the unity of the people of the region.
Rijal al-Karama (Men of Dignity) is a Druze social and military movement in the Sweida province of Syria that was formed after the start of the country's civil war in 2013. The movement was founded by Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, a religious and nationalist figure who called for the independence of the people of Sweida from the central government and also opposed the presence of extremist groups such as ISIS and the Nusra Front. After Sheikh al-Balous's assassination in 2015, the Rijal al-Karama movement became a symbol of Druze resistance against extremism and foreign aggression.
Political experts say that the recent events in Sweida have once again exposed the deep divide between local forces and extremist armed groups. The entry of forces affiliated with the Golani regime into the region, along with the executions, displacement of residents, and attacks on mosques and churches, has raised serious alarm bells for the social fabric of the province.
Meanwhile, the Rijal al-Karama movement, as a local force with religious and popular support, is trying to protect the local identity and structure. The movement’s alliance with the spiritual and political leadership of the Lebanese Druze, such as Sheikh Nasreddin al-Ghraib and Sheikh Hikmat al-Khajri, shows that confronting extremism requires not only military power, but also deep social and religious ties.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had previously reported that since last Sunday, armed clashes between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes have killed at least 203 people, including 21 civilians who were summarily executed.
Walid Jumblatt, the political leader of the Druze in Lebanon, has warned against the Zionist regime’s sedition and stressed the need to reach a political solution and avoid violence. Sheikh Nasreddin al-Ghraib, one of the two wise sheikhs and a prominent spiritual leader of the Druze in Lebanon, has also identified the terrorists who committed the crime in Sweida as affiliated with the US and the Zionist regime, and has said that these aggressions are an attempt to divide Syria and strike at the country’s history of resistance.
The statement of the Rijal al-Karama movement states that “our weapons have never been for bargaining or surrender” and that this movement only uses them to defend the people and sacred places. It has also been stated that the movement's relations with the religious and social leadership of the Druze, especially with Sheikh Hikmat al-Khajri (the spiritual leader of the Druze of Sweida), remain strong, and any rumors about this are part of the psychological warfare against the unity of the people of the region.
Rijal al-Karama (Men of Dignity) is a Druze social and military movement in the Sweida province of Syria that was formed after the start of the country's civil war in 2013. The movement was founded by Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, a religious and nationalist figure who called for the independence of the people of Sweida from the central government and also opposed the presence of extremist groups such as ISIS and the Nusra Front. After Sheikh al-Balous's assassination in 2015, the Rijal al-Karama movement became a symbol of Druze resistance against extremism and foreign aggression.
Political experts say that the recent events in Sweida have once again exposed the deep divide between local forces and extremist armed groups. The entry of forces affiliated with the Golani regime into the region, along with the executions, displacement of residents, and attacks on mosques and churches, has raised serious alarm bells for the social fabric of the province.
Meanwhile, the Rijal al-Karama movement, as a local force with religious and popular support, is trying to protect the local identity and structure. The movement’s alliance with the spiritual and political leadership of the Lebanese Druze, such as Sheikh Nasreddin al-Ghraib and Sheikh Hikmat al-Khajri, shows that confronting extremism requires not only military power, but also deep social and religious ties.
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