Syria's Druze Take Up Arms To Defend Their Town Against Islamists

Fuente: International Business Times

An armed man walks through the mostly Druze and Christian Damascus suburb of Jaramana, which came under attack by Islamists this week AFP Syrian estate agent Fahd Haidar shuttered his business and got out his rifle to defend his hometown of Jaramana when it came under attack this week by Islamists loyal to the new government. Seven Druze fighters were among the 17 people killed in the Damascus suburb as clashes raged from Monday into Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. On Wednesday, the sectarian violence spread to the nearby town of Sahnaya, where 22 combatants were killed, the Britain-based war monitor said.