not all of whom were Druze, adding: "There is nothing we can do but pray." She said her town had "always been a symbol of peaceful coexistence", but that "it seems that sectarian incitement and ...

The backdrop is a black stone house in Sweida province, the homeland of southern Syria's Druze religious minority. Sweida, built around a volcanic mountain, has been inhabited for thousands of ...

HURFEISH, Israel (Reuters) - Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen in Syria in recent weeks, leaders of Israel's own Druze minority say the Israeli military was ...

On a hilltop overlooking the Sea of Galilee in Kfar Hittim, a steady flow of Druze pilgrims queue to pray at the shrine to their most revered prophet, Shuaib. For the first time in more than 75 ...

Dozens of members of the Druze community were killed in clashes with pro-government forces near Syria's southern border with Israel last week, according to the UK-based war monitoring service ...

The Druze became central figures in a recent, startling episode in the Middle East. Israel sent warplanes and troops into Syria to defend this Arab religious minority, attacking the armed groups ...

So the Druze are a religious minority, an offshoot from Shia Islam. And when Israel captured the Golan Heights after the 1967 war here, the Druze community became separated between Israel and Syria.

Druze minority straddles Lebanon, Syria and Israel Over 100 Druze killed in clashes with Islamists in Syria Israeli Druze demand IDF protect their Syrian brothers Israel sees Druze as allies in ...

Leaders of Israel's Druze Say the State Owes It to Them to Defend Syrian Kin By Estelle Shirbon HURFEISH, Israel (Reuters) - Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen ...