The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...

Today we, the Druze, are being slaughtered and are calling for the help of Israel.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared ...

While strategic considerations were still in play, the heart of the decision lay in defending the extended family of Israel’s ...

Violence in Syria pitting the Islamist-led government against members of the Druze community has put a spotlight on the small ...

The Druze largely stayed neutral during Syria’s civil war, focusing on protecting their homeland in Sweida. Most armed Druze ...

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail The Syrian Druze have hit the headlines due to clashes in southern Syria which have left hundreds ...

Among their main commanders is Shaher Amran, a security head in Deraa province, Ahmad Dalati, who is in charge of security in ...

About one million Druze live across the Middle East, mainly in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. In Syria, the largest Druze ...

The Druze faith has deep connection to Greek philosophy, especially Pythagorean and Platonic thought, and its belief in ...

Israel has reached out to the Druze and the other Syrian minorities to act as their protector. However, after the imposition of the ceasefire in this week’s violence, Syrian forces withdrew from ...

Druze status was complicated by political division after the 1948 creation of Israel and by Israel’s 1967 occupation of Syria’s Golan. Most of Israel’s 127,000 Druze citizens live in the north.