"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of forging their own path to survival among the country’s powerhouses. They are now trying again to navigate a new, uncertain Syria since the fall of ...

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades.

Druze Religious Elders From Syria Make Historic Visit to Israel By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh JULIS, Israel (Reuters) - A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for ...

This raised doubts that the new leadership’s intent was not only to suppress armed dissent but also to punish the civilian ...

The visit comes as Israel says it is supporting the minority in a country now ruled by Islamists. But many Druze have ...

Israeli Druze Prepare for First Visit by Syrian Druze in Decades By Ali Sawafta and Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh JULIS, Israel (Reuters) - The head of the Druze community in Israel on Thursday hailed plans ...

Over half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel and the Golan ...

Druze clerics stand near the border, as they wait for buses carrying members of the Syrian Druze community to cross from Syria in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan ...