The Druze are a people and religion of around one million people globally, and the faith can trace its origins back to the Levant region, the name for the area including Israel, Syria, Lebanon and ...

One of them is the Druze religious minority. It says it is keeping its weapons because it is distrustful of the new government and fears sectarian attacks. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from the ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters... SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to ...