In-depth: The Druze community is navigating a complex path in post-Assad Syria, striving to preserve its autonomy and wary of ...

Why would these Druze communities—non-Jewish minorities—want to join Israel? Because they understand something the world refuses to acknowledge: Israel is the only place in the Middle East ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The people of the southern Druze-majority Suwayda province will demand federalism in the face of ...

Laila Nicola analyzes Israel's renewed interest in forging alliances with ethnic minorities in the Middle East.

The leader of Syria’s Druze, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, has condemned Israel’s invasion of Syria and said his country needs to maintain its social and territorial unity. Speaking to Middle East ...

But in the southwestern town of Suwayda, a small group of Druze fighters are reluctant to give up their arms. These fighters from the Druze religious minority say they prefer to rely on their own ...

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The Middle East − cradle of civilizations − is in deep crisis swamped in ignorance, autocracy, corruption, violence and oppression. Like many other children of the region, I am still rejoicing with ...

Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, speaks at a Hudson Institute event in Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2025. The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria is opening new ...

The appointment of Nawaf Salam, a month and a half after the end of the Israel-Hezbollah war, reflects the ongoing ...