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What part did Druze leader al-Hijri play in recent violence?
Hikmat al-Hijri is a religious leader of the Druze minority in Syria. His flip-flopping politics and calls for Israeli ...
Key players in Syria’s latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces
Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of ...
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The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history
The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...
Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore
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Syria's Armed Bedouins Say They Have Withdrawn From Druze-Majority City After Fighting
Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes ...
Syria struggles to quell deadly Bedouin-Druze clashes in south
Hundreds of people have died in clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in Suweida, reports say, as the authorities seek ...