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. Most of the other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel,

The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism and a storied history in Syria, maintain secrecy and discourage intermarriage. With a strong sense of community support, they have long navigated political turbulence,

The Deputy Chief of Mission of Israel in India, Fares Saeb in a video message explained the history of Druze people, as the Israeli government is asserting to protect them in Syria.Saeb claimed that the Druze people are under persecution in Syria due to the differences in faith with the 'jihadists'.

One of the largest minority groups in Syria, the Druze have been the focus of a recent outbreak of violence.Syrian minority the Druze were at the center of a new conflict, following another outbreak of violence.

Though Syrian troops withdrew from Sweida after the truce, fighting reignited late Thursday between the tribal Bedouin fighters and the Druze, a religious minority with followers in Lebanon and Israel. Israel's military carried out fresh strikes in Sweida province overnight.

As a lecturer and researcher at Western Galilee College in multiculturalism, and founder of the Akko Women Vision Association (AWVA) in 2003 in the city of Acre ... As a Druze, she added, ...

Grams said she appreciated how the structure of the conference enabled participants to profile the Druze in a multitude of unique ways. “The conference was organized thematically, with each panel addressing an aspect that is important to the religious, social and cultural history of the Druze community in Lebanon and Syria,” Grams wrote.

But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed. Druze militias are suspicious of Syria's new ...