Syria’s Druze community is divided among those wanting to work with the government, those seeking autonomy, and others looking for outside aid.

On May 29, an Israeli security official stated that Israel will not intervene militarily in support of any group in Syria. This stance follows previous Israeli intervention to protect the Syrian Druze ...

HURFEISH, Israel - 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 ...

The Druze religion teaches its adherents to be loyal to whatever state they live in. As a result, Lebanese Druze are loyal to Lebanon, Israeli Druze are loyal to Israel and so forth.

Druze make up less than 2% of Israel's population but have "the highest rate of enlistment", with 80% signing up. The situation is more "complicated" in the Golan Heights, a majority-Druze area ...

SWEIDA, Syria — Nervous Druze militiamen at checkpoints in southern Syria craned their necks in recent days to look inside stopped vehicles, sizing up drivers and bracing for new threats ...

Syria’s Druze divided as sectarian tensions linger after violence Agreements to halt fighting ease tensions, but fear and mistrust linger among Druze and other minorities in post-Assad Syria.

Although the Druze were initially dismissed as too marginal to co-opt, by the late 1920s and early 1930s, Zionist leaders had waged a concerted campaign to bring them into the fold.

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread mainly across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for centuries have sought to preserve a distinct identity.In Syria, ...

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