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Who are the Middle East's Druze minority?
The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for ...
The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism and a storied history in Syria, maintain secrecy and discourage ...
The Druze–Jewish covenant is a call for moral awakening for all who believe in partnership, in values, and in mutual ...
U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this ...
The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Lebanon, Sheikh Sami Abi al-Muna, said at a gathering of Druze officials in Beirut that sectarian clashes in Syria “give an excuse for Israeli ...
Syria’s interior ministry spokesperson said earlier on Saturday that internal security forces had begun deploying in Sweida ...
Tens of thousands of people remained displaced by the violence and the United Nations has been unable to bring in much-needed ...
The Druze often play significant roles in the political and military spheres of the countries where they reside, balancing their unique identity with national integration. Advertisement ...
Druze faith is uniquely insular: one cannot convert to Druze, and both parents must be Druze to pass on the identity. This exclusivity, combined with a history of persecution, has made the ...
In Syria, Druze communities were massacred. The Druze are an Indigenous people with ancient ties to this region. They live ...
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) partnered with several organizations to host a conference April 14-15 honoring the evolving legacy of the Druze, a tight-knit religious group most ...
Broadly supported in much of Israel, the assault on Hezbollah has deeply divided the Druze, a minority group that inhabits areas spanning national borders across much of the Middle East.