The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for ...

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The Druze established strongholds in the mountainous areas of the region that includes Lebanon and Syria, where they continued to practice their faith in relative isolation over the generations.

Israel has bombed the areas around the Syrian city of Suweida after renewed fighting between Syrian government forces and ...

Clashes between Druze fighters and pro-government forces in Syria have intensified into a violent urban assault, leaving scores dead, in some of the worst fighting involving the religious minority.

The sudden deaths of 12 Druze children from a Hezbollah missile attack at a soccer field in the Israeli-held Golan Heights on July 27 brought into relief yet again the ancient and complicated ...

Each has been embodied in “spiritual dignitaries” throughout history, who the Druze esteem as prophets—consistent with but differing from the traditional figures of Christianity and Islam.

The Druze religion holds that reincarnation is a path to spiritual purification. SWEIDA, Syria — Nawaf Nasr, 78, holds a creased black-and-white photo showing what he believes is himself in a ...

As a Druze myself, I am deeply connected to the rich history, ... The Druze, a monotheistic faith known as al-Tawhid, or Unitarism, originated around 1000 C.E. in what is now Egypt.

They are sheikhs of the Druze faith to which Nasser el-Din belongs, and steps from his office in Daliyat el-Carmel is a memorial to 427 Druze soldiers who died while serving in the Israeli ...