For today, links to four reports: from Reuters, National Public Radio, the Cradle, and the Associated Press; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA 4-30-25 is HERE, or scroll down.   WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked the Druze, who blame the government for failure to protect them. From Reuters. JERUSALEM / DAMASCUS — Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against “an extremist group” that attacked members of the Druze community. A Syrian Foreign Ministry statement rejected . . . READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from NPR.

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Syria’s Druze leadership makes ‘urgent appeal’ for international support. From the Cradle. Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria, made an “urgent appeal” for international support today, the third day of violent clashes between armed members of the minority group and state security forces in the country’s south. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 30  Israel says it carried out operation against gunmen attacking Druze fighters in Syria, by Omar Sanadaki and Omar Albam | AP  SAHNAYA, Syria — Israel said Wednesday that it carried out an attack in Syria on a group targeting members of a minority sect as a new round of clashes left at least 11 people dead, most of them members of the country’s security forces. The clashes on the edge of this town . . . READ MORE . . .

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