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

After violent clashes between Druze and Bedouin militias erupted in Syria’s southern Suwayda region last week – killing over ...

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 established strongholds in the mountainous areas of the region that includes Lebanon and Syria, where they continued to practice their faith in relative isolation over the generations.

In most parts of the world, local populations each have a limited variety of mitochondrial DNA. But among Israel’s Druze, who number 120,000, researchers found an unprecedented variety ...

Due in part to their long history as a persecuted minority, Druze often live in villages that are located on higher ground. In the 1500s Druze villages prospered in the Chouf Mountains of southern ...

Kids might learn about Druze history, including its complicated connection with Islam and years of persecution by Muslims. They might also learn about cultural requirements, like modest dress and ...

The Druze have a complex history in the region, and in Israel, their story is intertwined with the establishment of the state in 1948. In contrast to many Arab communities, the Druze leadership chose ...

The Druze community in Syria numbers only around 700,000, out of a total population of some 21 million, and has a history of rebelling under authoritarian leaders, rising up during the rule of the ...

Broadly supported in much of Israel, the assault on Hezbollah has deeply divided the Druze, a minority group that inhabits areas spanning national borders across much of the Middle East.

The majority of Arabic-speaking Druze live in neighboring Syria, where a 2017 suicide attack by al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front militants killed nine and injured dozens in the Druze village of Hader.