A core social doctrine for Druze is defending their brothers, meaning defending one another, said Makram Rabah, assistant ...

Damascus’s new rulers may be unwilling or unable to protect Syria’s minorities, and calls have arisen to carve sovereign ...

Discover the hidden world of the Druze — a secretive and ancient faith caught at the crossroads of the brutal Syria-Israel ...

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for centuries have sought to preserve a distinct identity. In Lebanon, an ...

In July 2025, clashes between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Arabs backed by government-affiliated forces led to ...

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.

The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no conversions or intermarriage allowed. Over half the world’s Druze population ...