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Discover the hidden world of the Druze — a secretive and ancient faith caught at the crossroads of the brutal Syria-Israel ...
The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...
After violent clashes between Druze and Bedouin militias erupted in Syria’s southern Suwayda region last week – killing over ...
Recent violence in Syria’s southern Suwayda province has brought renewed global attention to the Druze and Bedouin communities, who have a history of coexistence and conflict spanning centuries - Anad ...
While strategic considerations were still in play, the heart of the decision lay in defending the extended family of Israel’s ...
"They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states," recalled a soldier who ...
The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism and a storied history in Syria, maintain secrecy and discourage ...
The Druze established strongholds in the mountainous areas of the region that includes Lebanon and Syria, where they continued to practice their faith in relative isolation over the generations.
Government forces that were initially sent to restore order but effectively sided with the Bedouins against the Druze were ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed ...
The Druze, who number around 140,000 in Israel, are an Arabic-speaking minority population distinct from the mainstream Muslim and Christian Arabic communities, with a unique history, culture and ...
JARAMANA, Syria — Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s powerhouses. They are now trying again to navigate a new, uncertain Syria ...