Gazans can in many ways be thought of as a separate ethnicity from West Bank Palestinians. This is because Gazans have ...

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt met on Sunday in Syria with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) group, after the toppling of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

Some families in Majdal Shams, a mountain town populated by members of the Druze religious community, haven’t seen their loved ones in decades. But the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad has ...

MAJDAL SHAMS—For decades after Israel conquered the Golan Heights, the minority Druze community that lives in this mountainside village considered themselves Syrians. But for many younger Druze ...

Representatives of Syria's transitional government visited the town of Sweida in the south of the country and met with local leaders including the area's Druze spiritual leader Hikmat al-Hijri ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man walks in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the ...

Druze living in Syria have offered Israel help in its war in the Gaza Strip, former communication minister and Likud MK Ayoub Kara told Radio 103FM on Monday. "There was a delegation from the ...

DNA from bones and teeth of these early human ancestors is helping scientists understand the interactions between early Homo sapiens and the Neanderthals they encountered after migrating out of Africa ...

A video on social media shows Druze community members in southern Syria calling to be annexed by Israel rather than live under Islamist rule To continue reading, we just need a few details ...

People celebrate the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Sweida, the heartland of Syria’s Druze minority. LOUAI BESHARA Bayan al-Hinnawi, who spent years behind bars in Bashar al-Assad’s ...

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