Dozens of Syrian Druze make a rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Over half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel and the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau seized from Syria by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel’s 1981 annexation of the area is recognized only by the United States, with the rest of the world considering it occupied Syrian territory.
Israel is rethinking its Syria strategy following the country's Islamist takeover in December, rising attacks on minorities ...
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic ...
One of the senior Druze leaders in Syria, Sheikh Akl, Dr. Sami Abi Al-Muna, said he opposes an agreement with Syria's new ...
Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...
Developments in Syria. The Syrian government is reportedly close to signing a deal to integrate the Druze-majority Sweida ...
Another aim of the air display was to drive interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's forces away from the Druze areas of Syria, ...
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Syria: The Druze’s defining momentIf the new regime in Damascus keeps pressuring the Druze to hand over their weapons, the ensuing battles could lead to a ...
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