Syria – Sectarian violence against the Druze community (1 May 2025)

France condemns in the strongest terms the sectarian violence targeting the Druze community in areas to the south of Damascus. France calls on all Syrian and regional actors to bring a stop to the clashes and urges the Syrian authorities to make every effort to restore calm and promote civil peace between all constituents of Syrian civil society, as they have undertaken to do on numerous occasions and notably through the joint statement made in Paris on 13 February 2025.

France calls on Israel to refrain from taking any unilateral actions that could aggravate tensions between communities in Syria.