As Humanitarian Crisis Grows, The Fellowship Increases Support for Syrian Druze and Christian Communities

August 7, 2025

Amid an ongoing crisis along the Syrian-Israeli border, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship) has pledged and delivered further humanitarian support to the Christian and Druze communities in Syria in the form of increased medical supplies and thousands of food packages. The medical aid, delivered in coordination with the IDF, includes antibiotic and other medicines, sterilization equipment and masks for morgue workers, surgical gear, as well as first aid kids for emergency responders in the field.

The Fellowship is also involved with establishing two separate medical relief clinics and supporting the purchase and delivery of medications and other lifesaving supplies to the Suwayda region.

“When our brothers and sisters need help in Syria, we must help when we can,” said Yael Eckstein, president and global CEO of The Fellowship. “We can’t stop terrorists from targeting and killing people and we can’t stop the rockets from falling, but what we can do is provide comfort and help for those who need us. We can’t help all the persecuted Christians in the Middle East, but when it’s right on Israel’s Syrian border, we can’t turn our backs on them.

“The global Christian community and our Druze brothers and sisters in Israel have stood side by side with Israel and the Jewish people, particularly since October 7. And now that we can, we will stand with the Christian and Druze community in Syria as they are being targeted. We hope that The Fellowship’s assistance—enabled by our generous supporters – will not only provide for their physical needs but will also give them hope.”

The clinics, which serve tens of thousands of people, are in the most heavily affected areas and have quickly become critical resources for individuals in need of urgent medical care. The clinics were set up quickly within existing structures in the local villages and provide a wide range of medical services.  Included are treatment rooms, a trauma unit, an obstetrics unit, and gynecology services that provide for maternal deliveries as well as fetal imaging, operating theatres, basic lab facilities, pharmacies, and other medical and paramedical services. 

Safwan Marich, Director of the Security and Emergency Response Division for The Fellowship, said “As a member of the Druze community, I take great pride in being able to apply my position within The Fellowship towards assisting my fellow Druze brothers and sisters in Syria who have been the victims of horrific violence and massacres. On their behalf, and speaking as a Druze, I want to offer my personal thanks to The Fellowship and its supporters around the world who are proudly standing up in solidarity with our community, and doing so much to respond to these critical needs at such a tragic and sensitive time in our history.”