The spiritual head of Israel's Druze community is calling on the United States to take action in support of minority rights.

Khalidi GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged the United States to guarantee the ...

On November 29, members of Suwayda’s National Guard, a militia affiliated with Druze spiritual leader Hikmat al Hijri, ...

Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif calls on the U.S. to ensure the security of Syria's Druze minority to prevent violence like that which ...

The Druze are Arabs who follow a religion derived from a branch of Islam. They maintain a degree of secrecy about the practice of their faith that emerged in the 11th century. Some hardline Sunni ...

Matni, Maher Falhout were arrested by Hikmat al-Hijri’s forces in Suwayda, according to local media - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Washington and Jerusalem have kept a watchful eye on Damascus ever since the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime by Sunni Muslim rebels in December. Of greatest concern has been the level of ...

Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif calls on the U.S. to ensure the safety of the Druze community in Syria following intense violence in Sweida. He emphasizes American intervention as essential for stability, minor ...

This is especially fitting now that the IDF sees a sharp rise in enlistment from the Druze, Bedouins, and Arab Christians.

The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. Most Druze religious practices ...

Ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, amid the ongoing conflict in the Druze areas in Syria (Reuters) -Violence in Syria pitting the Islamist-led government against ...

(Reuters) -Violence in Syria pitting the Islamist-led government against members of the Druze community has put a spotlight on the small but influential minority. Straddling Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, ...