At least 20 die in Druze clashes with Syrian troops after Druze cleric slain

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DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. September 4, 2015, 11:31 PM (IDT)

Deadly clashes erupted Friday on Djebel Druze between minority members and Syrian government troops after two bomb cars went off in the southern town of Suweida in the Druze strongholdm, killing Sheikh Wahid Balous, a prominent anti-Assad opponent and seven people including two more Druze clerics. DEBKAfile: Armed Druzes then seized and torched Syrian government offices and Army Intelligence bases in their region. Clashes continued through Friday night.
 

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