PSP Official Reveals Deal to Protect Syria's Druze
Progressive Socialist Party spokesman Rami al-Rayyes has said that talks carried out by PSP officials in Turkey have led to an agreement to protect the minority Druze sect in Syria.
Al-Rayyes told al-Mustaqbal daily published on Wednesday that the delegation, which was led by Health Minister Wael Abou Faour, agreed with top Turkish officials and the representatives of the Syrian opposition on “certain measures” to protect the Druze.
He did not give further details.
PSP chief MP Walid Jumblat dispatched the delegation to Turkey earlier this week to guarantee the safety of the Druze villages in Syria to avoid a repetition of a deadly attack that took place in Idlib province.
Al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front said on Saturday it would prosecute members involved in the shoot-out that killed at least 20 Druze.
On Thursday, residents of the village of Qalb Lawzah protested after a Tunisian al-Nusra leader tried to seize a Druze man's home, accusing him of being loyal to the Syrian regime.
The Tunisian leader gathered his men and accused the Druze residents of the village of blasphemy and opened fire on them killing at least 20 people, among them elderly people and at least one child.
The killings forced Jumblat last week to calm members of Syria's minority sect, saying they were an "individual" incident.
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