Druze, Syria and Israel

Dozens of Syrian Druze make a rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
The nearly 100 Syrian Druze crossed the heavily-fortified border area in three buses, escorted by members of the Israeli military. The rare visit comes three months after the end of a five-decade grip on power by the Assad family in Syria.
Israeli Druze prepare for first visit by Syrian Druze in decades
The head of the Druze community in Israel on Thursday hailed plans for the first visit by a Druze religious delegation from Syria in five decades, despite escalating cross-border tensions underscored by an Israeli airstrike on Damascus.
Syrian Druze cross armistice line for pilgrimage to Israel
Dozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's first pilgrimage to a revered shrine since Israel's creation in 1948.
Group of Senior Syrian Druze Expected to Visit Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A group of around 100 senior figures from Syria's Druze are expected to visit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday, members of the community said, in a further sign of Israel's support for the minority group.
After violence in Syria, Israel says it is prepared to defend Syria's Druze
Israel said that it was willing to defend Syria's Druze community following days of violence in Syria that a war monitor said led to mass killings of another religious minority.
Syrian Druze plan first pilgrimage to Nabi Shuaib Tomb in Israel's Galilee
A delegation of Syrian Druze clerics is planning to visit a pilgrimage site in Israel on Friday for the first time since Israel's creation in 1948, a source close to the group said."A delegation of dozens of Druze clerics will visit Israel on Friday,
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Video Shows Fireball as Israel Strikes Syrian Capital
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Israel hits Syrian capital for first time since new regime established
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Documents Unearthed After Assad’s Fall Show Syrian Spy Agency Reacting to Israel’s Pager Attack on Hezbollah
As pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in Lebanon, Syrian security forces were directed to keep communication devices away ...
Syria's Four Wars Explained 14 Years On
Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
Israel Strikes Syria Again as Tensions Rise
The latest attacks came a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel demanded the demilitarization of much of ...
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MSM’s Contradictions Regarding the New Syrian Government
The American mainstream media may have some ability to get away from government policy talking points when covering domestic ...