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Israel Comes to Defense of Syria’s Druze

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. Many then met relatives they had never seen before.

U.S. News & World Report · 3d

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 the occupied Golan. They also reside in the Damascus

CNN on MSN · 1d

Who are the Druze and why did Israel bomb Syria to protect them?

Israel has been carrying out strikes on Syria since the fall of the Assad regime last December. This week saw a major escalation, when Israel said it attacked Syria to protect the Druze, an Arab minority at the center of clashes with government loyalists.

1don MSN

Canadian Druze community asks for humanitarian corridor into Jordan amid violence in Syria

More than 100 demonstrators from Canada's Druze community gathered on Parliament Hill on Friday afternoon, asking for the ...

‘They executed him then called his wife to brag’: Inside the Druze city ravaged by militias

Dr Talat Amer, a surgeon at Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, worked tirelessly for three days as bombs fell and ...

Druze elder humiliated in viral video found alive, granddaughter says

Claims circulated that he was dead after a video appeared online of men in military attire taunting the 80-year-old. Read ...

The Times of Israel4d

Border chaos as 1,000 Druze breach frontier into Syria; heavy IDF strikes hit Damascus

IDF attempts to stop Syrian Druze from entering Israel; death toll in Syrian regime attacks on Sweida nears 250; IDF ...

6don MSN

Republicans Overseas Israel urge US action to protect Druze in southern Syria amid escalation

US Republican leadership in Israel have raised concerns over severe threats facing the Druze community in southern Syria, ...

Al Jazeera on MSN4d

Syria announces ceasefire in Druze city of Suwayda after deadly clashes

The Syrian Ministry of Defence has announced a ceasefire in the Druze-majority city of Suwayda, saying an agreement has been ...

The Times of Israel3d

IDF says dozens of Druze from Israel still remain in Syria after rushing border

Army says there were no further crossings overnight, is working to patch up holes in fence; Kurdish official urges Sharaa to ...

Israel National News1d

Thousands of Druze, including Knesset Members, cross into Syria

Thousands of Druze civilians crossed from Israel into Syrian territory in an attempt to assist their brethren who are under attack by Syrian regime forces.

1don MSN

US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack says that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this ...

Al-Monitor3d

Lebanon's Druze mobilize in solidarity with Syria's Suwayda: What to know

Druze leaders in Lebanon are voicing their growing concerns over the deadly violence unfolding in Suwayda while members of ...

Los Angeles Times7y

Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith ...

And so the future of the Druze faith may depend not only on pairing up its youth — a community effort — but also on whether the religion itself can make accommodations to the modern world.

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