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Al Jazeera on MSN4d
Syria’s Druze divided as sectarian tensions linger after violence
The Druze community in the Middle East is split between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and a small community in Jordan. They have ...
Syrian Druze are walking a ‘tightrope’ between Damascus and Israel
On a hilltop overlooking the Sea of Galilee in Kfar Hittim, a steady flow of Druze pilgrims queue to pray at the shrine to ...
The Druze in the crossfire - opinion
The rise of extremist forces in Syria under the new regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa poses a direct threat to regional stability and ...
As Syria’s Druze minority reels from violence, Israel pursues an opening
Attacks on the Druze by Islamist gunmen backing the new Syrian government have pushed some in the community to welcome ...
Tehran Times2dOpinion
Jolani's gamble: Surrendering fragmented Syria to US and Israel
TEHRAN - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani) has embarked on a controversial diplomatic ...
Ahram Online4d
Israel’s message to Syria and Turkey
Israel carried out air strikes across Syria last week including on the Presidential Palace in Damascus and engaged with ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs6d
The Druze in the crossfire - opinion
Last week, in just two days of sectarian clashes in Jaramana and Sahnaya, in the Damascus area and southern Syria, approximately 90 Druze people were killed. Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual ...
Middle East Institute5d
The Damascus-SDF agreement two months on: Fragile progress or delayed collapse?
Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, signed a historic ...
The Washington Post5d
As Syria’s Druze minority reels from violence, Israel pursues an opening
Israeli Druze leaders said they were helping relocate women and children from the Damascus suburbs of Sahnaya and Jaramana to a village in an Israeli-occupied part of southern Syria.