Why did Israel bomb Syria? Everything you need to know about the volatile conflict

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00:00Israeli defense forces bombarded the Syrian regime's military headquarters in Damascus

00:04on Wednesday, following deadly chaos that erupted near its border between Syrian troops

00:09and warring local groups.

00:10In a region brimming with conflicts, the recent violence points to yet another complicated

00:14struggle.

00:15So what exactly is going on in Syria?

00:18Here's everything you need to know.

00:19The Israeli attack on Syria's defense ministry comes after Israel announced it struck military

00:24tanks in the country's Suedo province on Monday.

00:27The area had become a battleground between pro-government Sunni Bedouin tribes, along

00:31with government forces, on one side and the Druze militia on the other.

00:36Israel has vowed to protect the Druze, a minority Arab group of about one million people, over

00:41half of whom live in Syria.

00:43The group follows a religion that is an offshoot of a branch of Shia Islam.

00:48Most Druze in Syria live in areas around the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in the southern

00:52part of the country.

00:53Israel seized the strategic location in the 1967 Mideast War and annexed it in 1981.

01:00More than 20,000 Druze live in the Golan Heights, along with about 25,000 Jewish settlers from

01:06Israel.

01:07In Israel, the group is seen as a loyal minority and often serving the armed forces there.

01:11The Druze in Syria, however, have been engaged in a conflict with pro-government armed forces

01:15in recent months.

01:16The country is still recovering from the fallout from their nearly 14-year-long civil war,

01:22which killed hundreds of thousands and finally ended in December after the country's former

01:26president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown.

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