The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no ...

Clashes between Druze fighters and pro-government forces in Syria have intensified into a violent urban assault, leaving scores dead, in some of the worst fighting involving the religious minority.

Druze have good reason to distrust the new government in Syria. In 2015, Jabhat al-Nusra forces massacred more than 20 Druze in Qalb Lawzeh, one of the Druze villages in Idlib province.

The Druze established strongholds in the mountainous areas of the region that includes Lebanon and Syria, where they continued to practice their faith in relative isolation over the generations.

In most parts of the world, local populations each have a limited variety of mitochondrial DNA. But among Israel’s Druze, who number 120,000, researchers found an unprecedented variety ...

Kids might learn about Druze history, including its complicated connection with Islam and years of persecution by Muslims. They might also learn about cultural requirements, like modest dress and ...

Broadly supported in much of Israel, the assault on Hezbollah has deeply divided the Druze, a minority group that inhabits areas spanning national borders across much of the Middle East.

The Druze community in Syria numbers only around 700,000, out of a total population of some 21 million, and has a history of rebelling under authoritarian leaders, rising up during the rule of the ...

The Druze in the Middle East are at one of their most dangerous moments in modern history. For a thousand years, the Druze have always insisted on being an active partner in any regime that wants ...

The majority of Arabic-speaking Druze live in neighboring Syria, where a 2017 suicide attack by al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front militants killed nine and injured dozens in the Druze village of Hader.

The Druze have a complex history in the region, and in Israel, their story is intertwined with the establishment of the state in 1948. In contrast to many Arab communities, the Druze leadership chose ...