US providing aid to Druze, Christians, Bedouin in Syria

(JNS) — The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it is providing aid to minority communities in southern Syria.

“As part of efforts to restore stability to southern Syria, the United States is providing humanitarian assistance to Suwayda, where Druze, Christian and Bedouin communities have faced violence, the destruction of their homes and have lost their livelihoods,” the department stated. “This assistance will support life-saving needs of approximately 60,000 people through targeted provision of food, water, and hygiene items, as well as the rehabilitation of houses and water syst...