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Attacks on the Druze by Islamist gunmen backing the new Syrian government have pushed some in the community to welcome ...
Israel's stated commitment to defending the Syrian Druze is, by the admission of some of its leaders, consistent with a ...
Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...
The Druze community in the Middle East is split between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and a small community in Jordan. They have ...
The clashes come as Syria’s new rulers are trying to establish their authority, and contending with well-armed militias and ...
Hijri has harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” during deadly sectarian ...
Nawaf Nasr, 78, sits at home in Syria's Sweida district and recalls details of what he says was his past life before he died ...
The Syrian government rejected calls for foreign intervention after a Druze leader slammed Damascus over the latest bout of ...
Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday condemned what he described as a "genocidal campaign" ...
Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, ...
Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...
For the first time in more than 75 years, hundreds of Druze men have crossed from Syria to celebrate the four-day festival of Zariya at the holy site in northern Israel. Anwar Abu Hamra (60 ...