The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.

Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has taken center stage in Suwayda since Assad fell last year, as the top figure ...

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has accused Israel of exploiting followers of his minority faith in Syria as part of a broader plan to divide the Middle East along sectarian lines. The Druze ...

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Nabi Shuaib, the most important Druze religious site, are set to meet leader of Israeli community; other Syrian Druze strongly oppose trip ...

First visit by Druze delegation from Syria since 1973 war Israeli Druze leader hopes Syria has place for all minorities Says he does not believe Syrian Druze need protection JULIS, Israel ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Opening a kosher restaurant in New York City wasn’t always in the cards for Raif Rashed, a Druze from the village of Usfiya in northern Israel. But as Rashed ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...