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Hadeel Oueis

Mar 6, 2025, 4:04 PM

Israel’s Syria strategy must favor diplomacy over muscle flexing

Syrian Druze hold up a placard in Arabic that reads 'Sweida will not be your poisoned dagger in Syria's back' as they stage a demonstration against Israeli incursions into Syrian territory in the southern province of Sweida, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP/Omar Sanadiki)

Netanyahu’s rhetoric about 'protecting the Druze' is unhelpful and threatens an historic opportunity for a broad peace with all Syrians

About Me

Hadeel Oueis is the director of Arabic Communications at the Center for Peace Communications. She majored in law and, in 2011, at the age of 18, was arrested by the Assad regime for her key role in the early days of the Syrian protests. In 2012, a US delegation in Geneva met with Oueis and facilitated her relocation to the United States. She now analyzes US policies in the Middle East for major Arabic networks and has reported extensively on the Jews of the Middle East for various Arabic publications.