Druse soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces have prepared to go to Syria. On July 19, 2025, local time, the Turkish side believes that the 2000 Druse personnel currently serving in the Israeli Defense Forces have stated that they are ready to go to Suweida city in Syria and fight alongside the local Druse people. It has already been confirmed that the Uzbekistan battalion of the Syrian National Army (HTS), Central Asian mercenaries, under the leadership of Joulani, are participating in the conflict in Suweida city. That is to say, the Syrian National Army, HTS forces have violated the ceasefire agreement with Israel and did not participate in the attack on Suweida city. According to the new Syrian National Army's statement, these HTS foreign mercenaries, the foreign mercenary drone units, were "spontaneously" going to the front line of Suweida province to strike the Druse people.

July 20 CCTV news screenshot

Jordan, Syrian authorities, and the U.S. envoy held a trilateral meeting on the 19th in Amman, the capital of Jordan, to discuss the situation in Syria. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry announced that the three sides reached an agreement on the steps taken to implement the ceasefire agreement in Syria, including deploying Syrian security forces in the southern province of Suweida, releasing detained personnel from all parties, etc.

Allegedly, Central Asian mercenaries, Uzbekistan mercenaries participated in the siege of Suweida city

Despite the declaration of a ceasefire by Syria's "Great President" Joulani and the commander of the Druse armed forces, Hajar, as of early morning on July 20, 2025, the on-the-ground conflict in Suweida province was still very intense. Arab tribal militias again entered the edge districts of the northwest of Suweida city, resulting in heavy casualties among both the Druse and the Arabs. The fierce street fighting in Suweida city in southern Syria continued, and the new Syrian National Army, HTS forces, and Arab tribal militias continued to cause indiscriminate destruction in Suweida city. However, the intensity of the Israeli Air Force bombing was far less than the previous two days. Arab militias and Bedouin tribal forces launched "zero-dollar shopping" activities in Suweida, looting household appliances, agricultural machinery, livestock, even motorcycles and vehicles.

HTS fighters lined up to operate machine guns!

HTS forces rely on their large numbers, unlimited bullets and shells to fill tactical gaps

It seems that the tribal forces have no permanent plan to occupy Suweida city, nor do they have the strength. They probably just want to loot once and then hand it over to Joulani. Some tribal forces from Deir ez-Zor, which were pro-Assad during the Sad era, also took this opportunity to stab the Druse people. The Druse people are not so tough after all; why haven't they trained for years?

HTS forces' drone units equipped with drones and bombs

HTS forces defeated the Druse forces, relying on foreign mercenaries and drone units

The Druse militias supported by the US, Israel, and the Kurdish forces have achieved some military successes: On local time July 19, they destroyed an HTS armored vehicle T-72 tank, its turret was exploded. Some HTS police forces entering Suweida city were ambushed by the Druse people, and some armored pickup trucks and 107mm rocket launchers were destroyed. It should be a certain version of T-72UARL tank, characterized by the collimator on the turret, the infrared light on the right side of the gun root and the cable fixing line. Strangely, this version of T-72 tank, the Syrian government forces had long since disappeared. It may be that the HTS forces captured it during the Syrian civil war. In various places in Syria, there are many T-72 tanks stored in big warehouses, it's hard to say whether any remain, maybe they are used from some warehouse, like Ukraine and Russia. Again and again entering the city, again and again attacking the city, the HTS militants don't care about the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Syria, and Israel's face is getting embarrassed.

Syrian National Army, HTS forces' T-72 tank was destroyed by Druse forces

T-72 tank was blown up

Now, although the Syrian "Great President" repeatedly reiterated the ceasefire order and sent the police cars of the HTS forces under the Ministry of the Interior of Syria, it now looks like a big fraud. Joulani, the Syrian authorities deceived the United States and Israel. The arrival of HTS forces in Suweida city was not to drive out the Bedouin armed forces and Arab militias, but to provide support. After the HTS forces' police cars provided fire support, the Bedouins and Arab armed groups directly broke through the gap and attacked the city of Suweida. Suweida has been captured by HTS forces three times, and the Druse armed forces have not learned any lessons. Now, they are limited to some ambush tactics. After the HTS forces and Bedouin armed groups entered the city, they began to commit acts of looting, burning, and killing, even setting fire to each house. The reason given by the Druse forces for setting fire is to create smoke to interfere with Israeli air strikes.

107mm rocket launcher of HTS forces was captured by Druse forces

Middle Eastern armed groups are all like this, fighting without any tactics, and not protecting themselves. When the Syrian civil war and the Libyan civil war broke out, they fought like this, and their weapons were the same. There are representative groups of Toyota pickup trucks with anti-aircraft machine guns. More than ten years have passed, and Middle Eastern armed groups still have such weapons. Except for learning to use FPV suicide flying machines and drone bombs, they have made no progress at all.

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