Anyone looking for clues to the ambitions of Israeli expansionism should read the Bible, Walid Jumblatt, the leader of the Druze in Lebanon, has told Middle East Eye.

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 ...

The Druze religion teaches its adherents to be loyal to whatever state they live in. As a result, Lebanese Druze are loyal to Lebanon, Israeli Druze are loyal to Israel and so forth.

Atalla’s concern for the Druze in Syria is typical of the 150,000-member Druze community in Israel, which has organized protests and charity campaigns in an effort to protect the 700,000 or so ...

Druze make up less than 2% of Israel's population but have "the highest rate of enlistment", with 80% signing up. The situation is more "complicated" in the Golan Heights, a majority-Druze area ...

SWEIDA, Syria — Nervous Druze militiamen at checkpoints in southern Syria craned their necks in recent days to look inside stopped vehicles, sizing up drivers and bracing for new threats ...

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread mainly across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for centuries have sought to preserve a distinct identity.In Syria, ...

Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday condemned what he called a “genocidal campaign” against his community after two days of sectarian clashes left 102 people dead.

Syrian Druze spiritual leader slams government over deadly sectarian clashes By: Ghaith Alsayed And Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press Posted: 10:53 AM CDT Thursday, May. 1, 2025 Last Modified ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri on Thursday harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” on the minority ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri on Thursday harshly criticized Syria's government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack" on the minority ...