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Why Canada should follow Israel’s lead and help protect the Druze in Syria

JL;DR SUMMARY Canada's Druze community is urging the Canadian government to intervene in the ethnic violence against the Druze in Syria's Sweida province. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Tags

Human RightsHumanitarian CrisisSyriaEthnic ViolenceInternational ResponseDruzeSyrian GovernmentSweidaCanadian DruzeIsrael's Intervention

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"That's what it sounded like a few days ago outside Toronto's City Hall when over a dozen members of Canada's Druze community stood and gave a media conference while holding their five-coloured Druze flags."
Suwaida, As-Suwayda, Syria
"Beginning on July 11th as a clash between local governments in Syria and Syria, it escalated after the Syrian government sent in its own troops."
Syria
"My name is Jamil Ammar. Originally from Syria, I live in a village called Mughar al-Mir in the Harman Mountains."
Damascus, Syria
"They are really good on talking. But there is a complete divorce between what they say and what they do. I am not interested in people wearing a tie and nice suit and then they send their own army to kill innocent civilians."
Mughar al-Mir, As-Suwayda, Syria
"My name is Jamil Ammar. Originally from Syria, I live in a village called Mughar al-Mir in the Harman Mountains."
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
"Hend Rad lives in Barrie, Ontario, where she works as a journalist."
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
"Jamil Ammar came in 2017. He's a lawyer, lives in Niagara Falls, and works as a professor at several Ontario colleges."
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