US planning corridor from Israel into Syria for humanitarian aid to Druze

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The United States is seeking to construct a humanitarian corridor for Israel to cut through Syrian territory and connect with the embattled Druze community.

U.S. government authorities are negotiating a deal for the project, which would extend from the Israeli border into the city of Sweida, where Druze have been exchanging violent attacks with Bedouin militias, a U.S. official and two Israeli officials reportedly told Axios.

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