Tel Aviv, March 13 -- Israel has dropped 10,000 humanitarian aid packages to Druze communities in southern Syria, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar disclosed on Thursday.

The Israeli military is coordinating the deliveries with Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, the Druze Religious Council and "other regional partners," Sa'ar said.

Around 40,000 Druze live in the southern Syrian provinces of Quneitra, Da'ara and Sweida under Israeli control.

A close associate of a key Syrian Druze leader denied reports that the community reached an agreement to integrate itself into Syria's transitional government in a conversation with The Press Service of Israel on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Syrian Druze labourers are expect...