She did not know who the men were - extremists, government security forces, or someone else entirely - but the message was ...

Arbel confirmed that the recommendation for the committee came from the National Council for Planning and Building, and he ...

Sharaa, may be willing to relinquish the country’s claim to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as part of a potential pe ...

Walid Jumblatt, a Druze leader in Lebanon who has been a key political player in the country for forty years, has called on ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed.

The Druze are a key religious minority in Syria. They comprise only 3% of the country’s population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim, but their fierce independence and militia control of ...

Druze assume a constant closeness to God that does not require specific prayers or houses of worship. It values philosophy and reasoning over rote worship.

Some Druze soldiers signed a letter volunteering to go and fight in Syria. Druze protesters blocked roads to pressure the government into intervening. Israel responded with air strikes, ...

Not all Druze believe in reincarnation, but many families embrace those they believe are their previous loved ones. The creased old photo, he says, was from his daughter in his past life, ...

The Druze, a largely Arabic-speaking religious group found mostly in Syria, Lebanon and Israel, make up just 3 percent of the Syrian population but wield disproportionate power due to their ...

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 right to intervene to defend ...

But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed. Druze militias are suspicious of Syria's new ...