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, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism and a storied history in Syria, maintain secrecy and discourage ...

The Druze, an ethnoreligious minority in the Levant region, began as a 10th-century offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite ...

The White House is attributing the outbreak of violence in the Middle East between the Syrian government and Israel to a "misunderstanding" over ethnic grudges. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.

Abu Saleh is part of the Druze community living on the Israeli side of the border. It's a close-knit religious minority - an offshoot of Shia Islam. Many have family in Syria.

Syrian Druze community pleas for int'l assistance as sectarian violence continues "We no longer trust the body that calls itself a government," Hakmat Al-Hajeri, a leader in Syria’s Druze ...

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.

Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals. The view from the Druze community in the Golan Heights | WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source ...