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.

The Syrian government rejected calls for foreign intervention after a Druze leader slammed Damascus over the latest bout of sectarian violence in the country.