This article examines the crisis of civic raison d'& eacute;tat in post-war Syria through the predicament of the Druze minority following the July 2025 massacre. It argues that the new regimes' sectarian consolidation of power has deepened minority insecurity, forcing vulnerable communities to navigate strategies of exit, voice, and loyalty under existential threat. The article shows how exclusionary state-building, regional interventions, and internal leadership divisions have amplified calls for external protection and autonomy. The Druze experience illustrates the failure to transform sectarian domination into civic legitimacy, rendering minority security a decisive test of Syrias' future sovereignty and stability.
