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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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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Roughly 700,000 Druze live in Syria, with about 20,000 in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights adjacent to Hader. Another roughly 150,000 Druze live within Israel’s borders.

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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