Syrian security forces targeted from rooftop position on July 16, 2025 amid a clash in a city in the southern city of the same name. Bakr Alasem/AFP via Gettty Images
WASHINGTON – Members and former staff members with a major human rights commission have expressed concern over religious freedom in the new Syrian regime and are now facing attacks from Israel in the name of religious minorities.
Israel, which supported the expulsion of former Syrian president Bashar Assad, launched a fierce airstrike that hit Syrian capital Damascus on July 16, citing the persecution of Druze.
