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The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history
The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...
Explainer-Who Are the Druze and Why Does Israel Say It Is Hitting Syria for Their Sake?
Syria's Druze are concentrated in the southwest in the Sweida region bordering Jordan and in areas of Quneitra province, near ...
Syria’s Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes
Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern ...
Syria must protect Druze or be shunned by the world, says Israel
Syria should not be allowed back into the international community unless it is able to uphold protections for the Druze and ...
Who are the Druze and why is Israel claiming to protect them by attacking Syria?
Scores of people have been killed in Syria's southern governorate of Suwayda after clashes began between local Sunni Bedouin ...
Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes
Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with ...
Turmoil gives Druze divided between Syria and Israel rare moment of contact
Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack.
The Druze: An insular faith, facing a fractured Middle East
At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity ...