DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least 10 people were killed on Tuesday after clashes broke out in a suburb of the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters, a war monitor and an activist group said.
Syrian Druze gunmen have clashed in recent weeks with government security forces and pro-government gunmen in the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana.
Fighting broke out again around midnight Monday after an audio clip circulated on social media of a man criticizing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
The audio was attributed to a Druze cleric. But cleric Marwan Kiwan said in a video posted on social media that he was not
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