BEIRUT (Dispatches) – 
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on Sunday urged Syria’s Druze community to remain vigilant against the Zionist regime’s “plots.”
“The free people of Jabal al-Arab must beware of Israel’s schemes in Syria,” the former head of the Progressive Socialist Party said at a news conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Jumblatt warned of a broader effort to destabilize Arab national security and announced plans to visit Syria again to discuss ongoing developments.
“I have requested a meeting with (Syrian President) Ahmed al-Sharaa for next week,” he added.
The warning came after growing meddling by the Zionist regime in Syria following the toppling of president Bashar al-Assad
On Saturday, Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and war minister Israel Katz ordered military troops to defend the Druze population in Jaramana, near Syria’s capital Damascus.
In a joint statement they vowed to take “all necessary steps to ensure our Druze brothers’ safety.”
The Zionist regime has been working to solidify ties with Druze communities since expanding its occupation near the border with Syria and in the occupied Golan Heights following the collapse of Assad’s government in December 2024.
Syria hosts Druze villages in the Carmel mountain region, the Galilee, and parts of the Golan Heights. 
In a separate statement, the Zionist regime’s war ministry issued an ultimatum to armed groups attacking Jaramana, warning that the Israeli military has been on high alert and “ready to enter Jaramana” within 40 minutes if hostilities continue.