msquebanh, 6 months ago to iran The #Gaza war has pushed together powerful #Iran-backed #Shia Muslim #paramilitaries with militant #Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in #ReligiousIdeology but are united by opposition to #Israel & the #UnitedStates. Although #Palestinians include #ShiaMuslims, #Christians, #Druze and other denominations, the vast majority are #SunniMuslims. https://www.npr.org/2023/12/11/1218145466/israel-hamas-war-shia-sunni-iran-backed-militants #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #PowderKeg
The #Gaza war has pushed together powerful #Iran-backed #Shia Muslim #paramilitaries with militant #Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in #ReligiousIdeology but are united by opposition to #Israel & the #UnitedStates.
Although #Palestinians include #ShiaMuslims, #Christians, #Druze and other denominations, the vast majority are #SunniMuslims.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/11/1218145466/israel-hamas-war-shia-sunni-iran-backed-militants
#Geopolitics #MiddleEast #PowderKeg
RamenCatholic, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random #WIBTA #WouldIBeTheAsshole if I named my #KidneyStone "Hamas"? #INFO it made a surprise attack against me this morning (probably because of the way I've treated my body for the past few decades). For those who have never Reddited: #NTA = Not the Asshole #YTA = You're the Asshole
#WIBTA #WouldIBeTheAsshole if I named my #KidneyStone "Hamas"?
#INFO it made a surprise attack against me this morning (probably because of the way I've treated my body for the past few decades).
For those who have never Reddited: #NTA = Not the Asshole #YTA = You're the Asshole
RamenCatholic, 7 months ago Additional #INFO I'm of #Druze descent, and no-one in the Middle East likes us. Both sides would happily genocide me.
Additional #INFO I'm of #Druze descent, and no-one in the Middle East likes us. Both sides would happily genocide me.
fulelo, 9 months ago to random #BBCNews - #Syrian #Druze protesters condemn #Assad at mass rally https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66759068
#BBCNews - #Syrian #Druze protesters condemn #Assad at mass rally https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66759068
YeshuvYashan, 11 months ago to Israel #Druze women and children making bread in either the #Galilee or Mount Carmel region, c. 1920 #Israel #ישראל #Palestine #إسرائيل #لفلسطي #פלסטין @israel @palestine
#Druze women and children making bread in either the #Galilee or Mount Carmel region, c. 1920
#Israel #ישראל #Palestine #إسرائيل #لفلسطي #פלסטין
@israel @palestine