The United States is seeking to construct a humanitarian corridor for Israel to cut through Syrian territory and connect with the embattled Druze community.
U.S. government authorities are negotiating a deal for the project, which would extend from the Israeli border into the city of Sweida, where Druze have been exchanging violent attacks with Bedouin militias, a U.S. official and two Israeli officials reportedly told Axios.
Members of the Druze minority and their supporters protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, Monday, July 28, 2025, amid the clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups in the southern Syrian city of Sweida. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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The proposed corridor could alleviate struggling Druze communities engulfed in the conflict.
Druze people are a tight-knit, highly insulated, and
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