Tel Aviv hopes to leverage the martial reputation of the Druze to be a buffer against Iran-backed militias on its northern ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A fighter from the Druze Liwa al-Jabal militia points to an area believed to be operated by smugglers and ...

He met with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus. Jumblatt said on Monday: "Zionism is using the Druze as soldiers and officers to oppress the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.

Most were sent to Jabal al-Druze in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, while some were delivered to the Druze people near the border. "The operation was coordinated with Druze community ...

It's the first time in five decades that Druze leaders have crossed from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory to visit Druze religious sites and communities here. The buffer zo ...

With the Druze population of Suwayda (Sweida) and Jabal al-Druze, too, the trend is towards integration, after the interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Druze notables from the governorate reached ...

The Druze homeland of Jabal al-Druze (“Druze Mountain”) lies in territory within the Sweida, Quneitra and Daraa governates of the Hauran region, its borders strategically hemming in Damascus.

The Druze homeland of Jabal al-Druze (“Druze Mountain”) lies in territory within the Sweida, Quneitra and Daraa governates of the Hauran region, its borders strategically hemming in Damascus. With ...

while government hostility only deepens Druze worries. On the outskirts of Sweida, a commander in Liwa al-Jabal, a Druze militia, stood on a rooftop and scanned the hills with binoculars. He spoke by ...