These are terrorist attacks aimed at ethnic cleansing.”Tarif noted that the Druze in Syria had hoped for international support after their own government failed to protect them. “But that did not happen,

Hijri has harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” during deadly sectarian fighting in Druze-majority areas south of Damascus this week.

Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed factions and calm tensions.