© 2025 WRVO Public Media
NPR News for Central New York
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Syria Struggles to Find Unity

Members of the the Druze Military Council, paramilitary group in Sweida, Syria on the 8th of March, 2025.
Emily Garthwaite for NPR
Members of the the Druze Military Council, paramilitary group in Sweida, Syria on the 8th of March, 2025.

The new government in Syria, formed after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, is working to disband local militias to form one national army. But some groups are refusing to join. We meet one very well armed religious minority called the Druse. They say they're afraid of sectarian attacks from the new government and will not be giving up their weapons.

Copyright 2025 NPR

Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News.