It also struck an area near the Syrian presidential palace, saying that it would "not allow the deployment of forces south of ...

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel approved plans to establish a dedicated planning committee for the Druze and Circassian ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed.

Not all Druze believe in reincarnation, but many families embrace those they believe are their previous loved ones. The creased old photo, he says, was from his daughter in his past life, ...

The Druze, a largely Arabic-speaking religious group found mostly in Syria, Lebanon and Israel, make up just 3 percent of the Syrian population but wield disproportionate power due to their ...

Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen in Syria in recent weeks, leaders of Israel's own Druze minority say the Israeli military was right to intervene to defend ...

Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri stands in his village home in Sweida on March 12. Emily Garthwaite for NPR. Hijri, the chief Druze authority on political and security matters, ...

Druze assume a constant closeness to God that does not require specific prayers or houses of worship. It values philosophy and reasoning over rote worship.

Like Nasr, Druze who believe they are reincarnated normally come to that awareness as small children. In a fashionable villa in Sweida, a 60-year-old woman describes learning to speak before she ...

Some Druze soldiers signed a letter volunteering to go and fight in Syria. Druze protesters blocked roads to pressure the government into intervening. Israel responded with air strikes, ...

Druze assume a constant closeness to God that does not require specific prayers or houses of worship. It values philosophy and reasoning over rote worship.

Druze assume a constant closeness to God that does not require specific prayers or houses of worship. It values philosophy and reasoning over rote worship.