PM says strikes in line with demilitarization policy, pledge to protect Druze; Damascus says truce reached with factions ...

Veteran Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on Thursday criticized Israel for fueling unrest in southern Syria by ...

Hundreds of people have been killed in days of violence in southern Syria which began with clashes between members of the ...

They led the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule, fighting for liberalism, the rule of law, and human rights for ...

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 ...

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military officials weighed in by threatening to send forces to Jaramana to protect the Druze. Druze leaders quickly disavowed the offer.

While many headlines in Israel trumpet Druze heroism and loyalty, this is no utopia. There have been rumblings of discontent about the “nation-state” law. Critics say it focuses almost ...

Mourners gather around the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

With Israel's move into the Golan Heights demilitarized zone and southern Syria following the collapse of al-Assad's regime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must heed the calls of Druze in Syria ...

A fighter from the Druze Liwa al-Jabal militia points to an area believed to be operated by smugglers and armed groups, at an outpost in Syria's southern province of Sweida, March 4, 2025.

About a million-strong, the global Druze community is largely spread across Israel, Lebanon and Syria. Some 130,000 Israeli Druze live in the Carmel and Galilee in the country’s north.