| 单词 | Druze |
| 例句 | Earlier this week, the Mail claimed Alamuddin's mother, Baria, wished her daughter to be married within the relatively small Druze sect. Mail apologises to George Clooney 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The Maronites and sometimes the Druze, a Muslim sect, sought the sanctuary of the mountains away from the political and religious dynasties of the times with whom they did not always agree, Father Imad said. In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Michael Netzer’s own life is laden with drama: Born Mike Nasser to U.S.-Lebanese Druze parents, he found in art a release from childhood polio, worked for franchises including Marvel and D.C. From Batman to Holy Land, comics artist sees heroes on all sides 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The small Druze community is found mostly in Lebanon, Syria and Israel. George Clooney Rejects the Daily Mail’s Apology Over Amal Alamuddin 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Opposition fighters were becoming radicalized and sectarianism had grown increasingly bitter: “Syrians who called themselves Syrians a few years ago were now saying they were Alawites, Christians, Sunnis, Shias, Druze.” Review: ‘The Morning They Came for Us’ Reports on the Hell of Syria 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z You’ve got a lot of Druze influence and a lot of Arab influence. Tips From an Ambassador for Israeli Cuisine 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The Druze, who survive in Lebanon as “kingmakers…but never kings”, are doing well enough there and in Syria and Israel, but are always wary of their vulnerable minority status. Not just the faiths of Abraham 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The family, which was well off, belonged to the often persecuted Druze sect, a non-Islamic religion. Saloua Raouda Choucair, Early Exponent of Abstract Arabian Art, Dies at 100 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The Druze are a religious sect with an estimated 700,000 members, mostly in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan, whose beliefs are based on Islam but also incorporate elements of other religions. Mail apologises to George Clooney 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The Druze are a religious sect whose beliefs are based on Islam but also incorporate elements of other religions. Clooney slams 'irresponsible' Mail 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The Alawites, who are often categorised as an offshoot of Shia Islam, share the belief of the Druze and the Yazidis in reincarnation, while also being influenced by Christianity. Not just the faiths of Abraham 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z "There are 500,000 Druze," one of their unnamed sources was quoted as saying. Clooney slams 'irresponsible' Mail 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s a play with Palestinian and Israeli Muslim, Christian and Druze actors that — surprise — isn’t about the endless Middle East conflict. Perspective | A Palestinian play comes to the Kennedy Center, offering a comedic olive branch 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z "It says they joke about traditions in the Druze religion that end up with the death of the bride." George Clooney slams story about fiancee's mom; website apologizes 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Estranged from other Shiites and denounced by Sunnis, the Druze, we learn, are permitted to drink but are not allowed to eat watercress. A novelist's pub crawl across the Muslim world 2013-07-22T13:05:05Z My brief was to ask politicians for their thoughts and Walid Jumblatt, the influential leader of Lebanon's Druze community, sprang to mind. Photographer Ziad Antar's best shot 2011-03-09T22:30:09Z "The fate of Lebanon is at stake," Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said, calling this perhaps the most dangerous phase he had seen in his political career. Broken Lebanon cannot afford war, and Hezbollah knows it 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z “But the matter is not up to Hezbollah alone … Israel could have hostile intentions,” Jumblatt said after meeting with Druze religious officials and clergymen in Beirut. Lebanon’s prime minister visits troops at the country’s tense southern border with Israel 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Members of a Druze family living on a farm close to the border had been murdered by a lone Palestinian who sneaked through the border fence and shot them. What we talk about when we talk about terrorism — in Israel and right here at home 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z In the past, Druze community leaders have heeded calls by authorities to defuse protests. Three wounded as gunshots disperse anti-govt protest in Syria's Sweida 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Suweida is in a region mainly populated by the minority Druze sect. Syrian Druze protesters condemn Assad at mass rally 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The protests in Sweida province, where Druze people represent the majority of the population, are now in their third week. US-backed Kurdish fighters say battles with tribesmen in eastern Syria that killed dozens have ended 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Sweida is capital of a province of the same name that is home to most of Syria's minority Druze sect. Syrians tear down poster of Assad in Sweida as protests swell 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The protests in the province of Sweida, where the Druze community represents the majority of the population, have entered their third week. Protesters in southern Syria smash statue as they mark 2015 assassination of anti-government leader 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z But their support for the recent rallies has encouraged Druze, who had stayed on the sidelines, to join the protests, organisers and residents said. Three wounded as gunshots disperse anti-govt protest in Syria's Sweida 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Home province of most of Syria's Druze community, Sweida remained in government hands throughout the war and was largely spared the violence seen elsewhere. Syrians rally in south against Assad, economic decline 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The spiritual leader of Lebanon’s minority Druze community, Sheikh Sami Abou el-Mouna, said eliminating the article would promote “vice and permitting what is prohibited.” Rainbows, drag shows, movies: Lebanon’s leaders go after perceived symbols of the LGBTQ+ community 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z "These protests are the righteous voice of the Syrian people," Sheikh Hikmat Hajri, the spiritual leader of Syria's Druze community, told followers. Protests hit Druze city in Syria for fifth day 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z His regime has long been careful in its dealings with the minority Druze sect whose followers make up most of the residents of the city and its surrounding province. Syria: Protests over growing economic hardship spread in south 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z “We only kneel to God,” chanted dozens of protesters in the city of Sweida who were accompanied by Druze clerics, according to Suwayda 24, a news website run by activists in the region. Protests rock government-held areas in southern Syria as economy crumbles 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Friday's turnout was large despite apparent divisions within the Druze leadership over the demonstrations. Syrians rally in south against Assad, economic decline 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Many residents are from the minority Druze sect which has long resisted being drawn into the conflict pitting mainly Sunni rebels against Assad’s rule. Protests erupt in Syria's Druze city over fuel hikes 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The governor must be a Maronite Catholic, while the four deputies - a Shi'ite Muslim, a Sunni Muslim, a Druze and an Armenian Catholic - must have the approval of the political chiefs representing their respective sects. Deputy Lebanon central bank governors' threat to collectively resign 'dangerous' -deputy PM 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The Druze oppose the plan, which would install more than two dozen 660-foot tall turbines throughout their land. Israel’s Netanyahu briefly freezes Golan wind turbine project that set off rare clashes 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The protests were concentrated in the southern city of Sweida, home to the country’s Druze minority, and the nearby province of Daraa, often considered the birthplace of Syria’s uprising 13 years ago. Protests rock government-held areas in southern Syria as economy crumbles 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Some Druze sheikhs have criticized protesters' calls for Assad to step down and say that any improvement to the socioeconomic situation must come through dialogue. Syrians rally in south against Assad, economic decline 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Netanyahu criticized the settler violence, as well as unrelated protests by Druze Arabs in the Golan Heights that turned violent. Israeli airstrike hits car in northern West Bank, escalating crackdown on Palestinian militants 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Yet the Druze have complained of bureaucratic neglect by Israel. Druze opposing Golan wind farm clash with Israeli police 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z While Druze leaders still profess allegiance to Syria, relations with Israel are normally good. Israel’s Netanyahu briefly freezes Golan wind turbine project that set off rare clashes 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Azour is also backed by the majority of Druze legislators and some Sunni Muslims, while Shiite members of parliament have overwhelmingly backed Frangieh. Lebanese lawmakers fail in yet another attempt to elect president, end power vacuum 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The main Druze faction, the Progressive Socialist Party led by the Jumblatt family, has also backed him. Factbox: Candidates in the frame to fill Lebanon's vacant presidency 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He also enjoys the support of the anti-Hezbollah Christian Lebanese Forces party, the Progressive Socialist Party led by Druze Jumblatt family, and some Sunni Muslim lawmakers. Analysis: Lebanon's Hezbollah mobilises to block IMF's Azour for presidency 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Ties between the Israeli state and the plateau's Druze community, whose members profess loyalty to Damascus, are generally placid. Druze opposing Golan wind farm clash with Israeli police 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Like any political figure in Lebanon, Mr. Husseini was defined by how he fit within the country’s mix of Shiite and Sunni Muslims, Christians and other groups such as Druze. Hussein Husseini, ‘father’ of pact that ended Lebanon’s civil war, dies at 85 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The seizure of the boy’s body spread alarm among Israel’s Druze community. Israel indicts soldiers for trying to bomb Palestinian home 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Palestinian gunmen had seized the body of an Israeli Druze high schooler from a hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin where he had been taken after a car accident. Israeli army charges two soldiers for revenge attack on Palestinians 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The Druze are an Arab community in Israel whose members serve in its armed forces. Three Israeli soldiers detained for suspected revenge attack on Palestinians 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Video distributed by police showed them firing tear gas and using a high-pressure water hose against the Druze protesters. Druze opposing Golan wind farm clash with Israeli police 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Religion is another differentiator - there are Muslims, both Sunni and Shiite with subgroups within, and minority Christians, Druze, Baha’i and others. Flashes of Arab unity at World Cup after years of discontent 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z As anger rose, videos circulated on social media of Druze men threatening to take revenge against Palestinians. Israel indicts soldiers for trying to bomb Palestinian home 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The Druze are an Arab minority in Israel whose members serve in its armed forces. Israeli army charges two soldiers for revenge attack on Palestinians 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The Israeli military said in a statement that it had launched an investigation into the attack on Palestinians near Bethlehem on Monday by Israeli Druze soldiers but could not provide further details. Three Israeli soldiers detained for suspected revenge attack on Palestinians 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z That suggested some of Israel's Druze citizens - who make up 1.5% of the population and have representation in its military and public office - were among the demonstrators. Druze opposing Golan wind farm clash with Israeli police 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Religion is another differentiator — there are Muslims, both Sunni and Shiite with subgroups within, and minority Christians, Druze, Baha’i and others. Flashes of Arab unity at World Cup after years of discontent 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Police said Druze villagers even attacked and tied up three Palestinian laborers in northern Israel. Israel indicts soldiers for trying to bomb Palestinian home 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The young man, 17, was from Israel’s Druze minority. Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing 1 teenager 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Bedouin and Druze Israelis, who both serve in the military, felt the law demoted them to second-class citizens. Conservation plan highlights Arabs’ fraught ties to Israel 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Cami, 35, who is Arabic and from the Druze minority in northern Israel, came to the German capital seeking freedom and tranquility. Far from home, Middle Eastern band finds rhythm in Germany 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But some of its oldest allies, including Sunni, Druze and Christian politicians, lost theirs. Hezbollah chief Nasrallah acknowledges loss of Lebanon parliamentary majority 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Amid the standoff over Fero’s body, the two defendants — reportedly Druze soldiers — teamed up with another soldier to assemble an explosive device, the military said on Thursday. Israel indicts soldiers for trying to bomb Palestinian home 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z A Druze community leader told YNet talks were underway on the body’s return to the family. Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing 1 teenager 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z "We want to live with dignity," chanted protesters with some carrying banners saying, "There is nothing left for the poor" and waving the Druze community flag. Syria's main Druze city sees more unrest, calls for Friday protests 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Whether Christian, Muslim or Druze, we were all the same. Meet the Man Championing Lebanon’s Culinary Traditions 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Some 20,000 Druze, most of whom still identify as Syrian, also live in the Golan. Israel sets goal of doubling number of Jewish settlers on Golan Heights 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z But that would be to embroil the movement in a running domestic war without end, one that would see it facing not only Samir Geagea's LF, but also the Sunnis and perhaps the Druze. Lebanon: Beirut violence fuels fears of return to civil war 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Hundreds of people attended, in addition to senior officials and Druze clerics. Syria buries former lawmaker shot near Israeli border 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Religious elders of the Druze community have said peaceful protests against unfair government measures were justified. Syria's main Druze city sees more unrest, calls for Friday protests 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Rai, head of the Maronite church, has an influential role as religious leader of the biggest Christian community in Lebanon, where political power is divided between its main Christian, Muslim and Druze sects. Lebanon's Maronite patriarch urges non-interference into judiciary 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Various denominations of Christians, Sunni and Shiite Muslims, Druze, Armenians, Syrian and Palestinian refugees and other groups crowd together, often sharing employers, neighborhoods and apartment buildings. Beirut, a City Where Everyone Gets By, Revisits Sectarian Violence 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z In his speech, Bennett pledged to double the size of the Israeli population on the Golan, which is currently about equal to a Druze Arab community that often professes loyalty to Syria. Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad's fortunes, U.S. views shift 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z In the border incident, villagers from the minority Druze sect intercepted Hezbollah fighters on their way back after firing rockets toward a disputed area held by Israel. Hezbollah hammered with criticism amid Lebanon’s crises 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Protests are rare in Assad-controlled territory and the Druze minority have long resisted being drawn into the civil war that pits mainly Sunni rebels against Assad's family rule. Syria's main Druze city sees more unrest, calls for Friday protests 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z With leading Christian and Druze groups planning to boycott, it was not clear if there would be enough MPs for quorum at the session called on Thursday by Shi'ite Speaker Nabih Berri. Several Lebanese parties to boycott parliament session over blast probe 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z He said his talks highlighted deep divisions among Lebanon's sectarian communities, whether Christian, Sunni or Shi'ite Muslim, or Druze, and the way power was shared. Lebanon's crisis caused by feud over power, says EU envoy 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Muslim, Druze or Christian, most are bilingual in Arabic and Hebrew, and many feel a sense of kinship with Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Analysis: As Gaza fighting ebbs, Israel's communities eye each other warily 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Muslim, Druze or Christian, most are bilingual in Arabic and Hebrew, and feel a sense of kinship with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Fear stalks streets of Israeli city where Jews and Arabs mixed freely 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z About 80% of Israeli Arabs are Muslim, with the rest identifying as either Christian or Druze. Lod: Why an Israeli town's mayor is warning of civil war 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z In 1977, a judge investigating the killing of a Druze leader was kidnapped in his own car and his house hit with a rocket-propelled grenade. ‘Not like every time:’ Beirut blast victims want the truth 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z He returned to his native Sweida, a predominately Druze village in Syria’s south, where he tried - and failed - to launch a car trading business. In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z He returned to his native Sweida, a predominately Druze village in Syria’s south, where he tried — and failed — to launch a car trading business. In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The law’s passage prompted vocal opposition by the country’s Arab minority, particularly among Druze Israelis, who serve in the military and saw themselves demoted to second class citizens. Israeli High Court hears challenge to Jewish nation law 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Thousands of Druze people participated in the funeral procession, despite a ban on large gatherings. The Latest: Australia has no local case 1st time in months 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Epidemiological experts from the Health Ministry, including an Arabic speaking Druze nurse, hovered about to offer guidance and answer questions. Facing a coronavirus crisis, Israel calls in the army 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Her songs were listened to across the religious and factional divide, whether Christian, Muslim or Druze, even as they spilled each others’ blood on the streets. 'My wounded country': Lebanese singer whose voice transcends divisions to meet Macron 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Located on the highway to the south, the Khaldeh area is home to Sunnis, Shi’ites and Druze. Deadly firefight in Lebanon prompts warnings of more trouble 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z At the other end of the spectrum, neither the Christian Lebanese Forces Party, seen as close to Saudi Arabia, nor Druze leader Walid Jumblatt want him back in the job for now. After port blast, rudderless Lebanon drifts towards the rocks 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Later Saturday, Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze sect, said the family of the deceased and the Druze leadership were not consulted before the body was taken from the hospital. The Latest: Australia has no local case 1st time in months 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Sweida, mostly populated by members of the Druze religious minority, is part of an agricultural province that famously produces Syrian food staples such as chickpeas, wheat and grapes. Syrian protesters raise rare anti-Assad chants amid economic plunge 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The killings took place in Baakline, a town in the Chouf mountains southeast of Beirut, most of whose residents are from the Druze sect. Gunman Kills 9 in Lebanon Mountain Town 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Mostly Muslim, Christian and Druze, they are descendants of the Palestinians whose communities, including Nazareth, found themselves inside Israel as the country was formed in 1948. Angered by Trump's plan, Israel's Arabs look to oust Netanyahu 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The Palestinians says what Israel calls itself is its own business, but to recognise it as the Jewish state will discriminate against Israel's Arab population of Palestinian origin, who are Muslims, Christians and Druze. Trump releases long-awaited Mid-East peace plan 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Others are distributed among other Hezbollah allies, including the Shiite Amal movement and other smaller parties belonging to the country’s Christian and Druze religious groups. Lebanon gets a new Hezbollah-backed government amid mounting unrest 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The two arrived at the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located in the part of the Golan Heights that Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed. Israel frees 2 more Syrians in swap for soldier’s remains 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z But its board also includes a Christian, a Druze and a Shiite who happens to be a brother of Mr. Berri, the Parliament speaker. To Make Sense of Lebanon’s Protests, Follow the Garbage 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Walid Jumblatt, leader of the PSP and a leader of the country's Druze community, told an angry crowd outside the hospital where the man died that "no one will protect us but the state." Lebanon protests turn deadly as local party official killed 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Lebanon officially recognises 18 religious communities - four Muslim, 12 Christian, the Druze sect and Judaism. How did Lebanon get into such a deep crisis? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z At the same time, the court agreed to hear an appeal from Nidal Nasrallah, a Lebanese Druze man who said he would face torture if sent back to his homeland. Supreme Court will hear challenge to autonomy of consumer agency spearheaded by Elizabeth Warren 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z But the Druze say the turbines present a slew of concerns. Israel’s Golan Druze see a blow in wind energy plan 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Too few of the Duke-U.N.C. programs focused on “the historic discrimination faced by, and current circumstances of, religious minorities in the Middle East, including Christians, Jews, Baha’is, Yazidis, Kurds, Druze and others,” the department said. U.S. Orders Duke and U.N.C. to Recast Tone in Mideast Studies 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Another 20% of the population is made up by the country’s Muslim, Christian and Druze Arabs. AP Explains: A look at Judaism’s place in Israeli politics 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Channels guided it into shallow pools to evaporate, leaving salt that the Druze sold, Al-Younes explains, as she follows the diagram with her finger. A land without water: the scramble to stop Jordan from running dry 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The Education Minister controls funding to Israel’s two systems of public schools, a religious system and a non-religious one, as well as its ultra-Orthodox schools, Arab and Druze schools, universities, and colleges. How the Religious Right Transformed Israeli Education 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Israel is home to approximately 140,000 Druze, a secretive sect that splintered off Shiite Islam in the Middle Ages. Netanyahu apologizes to Druze envoy for airport grilling 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The province is populated mainly by Syria’s minority Druze community. Doctor: Motorcycle bomb in southern Syria city kills 3 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The majority of Israel’s roughly 20% Arab minority are Sunni Muslims, with the remainder made up of Druze and Christians. AP Explains: A look at Judaism’s place in Israeli politics 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Israel’s government offered citizenship to the few thousand remaining Syrians, mostly Druze Arabs, but most reject it, opting instead for resident status. Minefields and ruins: Israeli settlement called Trump built on conquered land 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The rest are mostly Druze Arabs with Syrian roots. Netanyahu Seeks to Name a Golan Heights Settlement for President Trump 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The Druze, many of whom still consider themselves Syrian, appear divided over what to do about the Golan Heights, with some differences falling along generational lines. Trump's recognition of an Israeli Golan Heights draws little enthusiasm from those who live there 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It announced the switch to guerrilla tactics last July, when its fighters emerged from desert hideouts to massacre more than 200 people in the Druze community of Sweida, in southern Syria. The caliphate is over, but Isis will be back in another form | Alia Brahimi 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z About 20,000 Israelis live there in several dozen settlements, along with an equal number of Druze who seem in no hurry to reassert their Syrian citizenship. In Trump’s Golan Heights announcement, politics overshadowed security 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z In the Israeli-controlled portion of the Golan Heights — whose estimated 50,000-strong population is divided roughly equally between Israeli Jewish citizens and Arabic-speaking Druze of Syrian descent — some Druze expressed dismay at Trump’s announcement. Trump’s Golan tweet inflames regional tensions as Syria vows to recover the strategic plateau 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Its original inhabitants were not Palestinians, but Arabs from the Druze sect who mostly retained Syrian citizenship and avoided politics. The Golan Heights Was Once an Arab Rallying Cry. Not Anymore. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Several hundred staged a protest rally in the Druze city of Majdal Shams after the Trump announcement. Trump's recognition of an Israeli Golan Heights draws little enthusiasm from those who live there 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Roughly the same number of Arabs live there, most of them members of the Druze sect of Shiite Islam. Q&A: Golan Heights an area of beauty, strategic value 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Joumblatt, a maverick politician and leader of the Druze community, made the announcement shortly before meeting U.S. Lebanese politician Joumblatt mourns canine ‘comrade’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The fertile hillsides of the Israeli-occupied Golan are scattered with villages inhabited by 22,000 Druze, an Arab minority who practice an offshoot of Islam. Druze on Golan Heights reject Trump backing for Israeli sovereignty 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The settlers live alongside some 20,000 Syrians, most of them Druze Arabs, who did not flee when the Golan was captured. Syria condemns Trump's Golan remarks 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Those images were often followed by Assad-ordered interviews of Druze on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, reaffirming their fealty to Assad and the Syrian government. Trump's recognition of an Israeli Golan Heights draws little enthusiasm from those who live there 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Still, some Druze hold small demonstrations against the occupation, the latest in February when hundreds of residents of the Druze town of Majdal Shams demonstrated on the anniversary of Israel’s annexation. Trump endorses Israeli control of the disputed Golan Heights 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z After he stepped onto his balcony and began making pictures, a Druze militiaman sprayed him with automatic rifle fire. Photographer Leighton Mark, shot in Beirut in 1984, has died 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z In October last year hundreds demonstrated against the holding of Israeli municipal elections on the Golan, blockading the polling station in Majdal Shams and waving Syrian and Druze flags. Druze on Golan Heights reject Trump backing for Israeli sovereignty 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z They would probably refer to the fact that in 1897, there were more than half a million Arabs, Bedouins and Druze living in Palestine. Only empathy can break the cycle of violence in Israel-Palestine | Simon Baron-Cohen 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z It began reintroducing the programs — part of a “social diversity module” that focuses on encounters between participants and Israeli Arabs, Druze, Ethiopian Jews, Haredi Jews and other members of Israeli society — in December 2017. Young American Jews walked off their Birthright tour of Israel. The protest sparked a debate at home 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Though the Druze have been offered Israeli citizenship, many have resisted, torn between the practical advantages of being Israeli and their emotional and familial ties to Syria. Trump endorses Israeli control of the disputed Golan Heights 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The Druze militiamen allowed him to be taken to the American Hospital in Beirut. Photographer Leighton Mark, shot in Beirut in 1984, has died 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Roughly 20,000 Arabic-speaking Druze, many of whom have relatives on the other side, also live there, populations that stay following the war. US to oppose UN motion condemning Israeli control of Golan Heights 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The rare attacks in the province populated mainly by minority Druze included several suicide bombings. Ex-IS captive says son died in her lap from militant fire 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Suweida is a stronghold of the Druze religious minority, and the captives were drawn from this community. Syria army frees IS hostages - state media 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Druze residents of the Golan will for the first time join millions of Israelis voting in local elections next week. First elections for Druze in Israeli Golan divide community 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The Quneitra crossing was used by Druze living on the Israeli side travelling to Syria for higher education or weddings. US: Israel, Syria agree to reopen Golan crossing 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z More than two months after the attack, tensions over the missing hostages — all women and children — are boiling over in Sweida, a mountainous area which is a center for the Druze religious minority. In Syria’s Sweida, young men take up arms to defend villages 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z When Israel was created, the Arabic-speaking Druze entered what they describe as a “covenant of blood” with Jews, identifying with the struggles of another religious minority. A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The Druze are the third-largest religious minority in Syria and are considered to be heretics by IS jihadists. Syria army frees IS hostages - state media 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The candidates say their villages lack investment in education, infrastructure and tourism, a thriving industry that many say benefits nearby Jewish settlements but not the Druze. First elections for Druze in Israeli Golan divide community 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Passage of the nation-state law early in the morning of July 20 sparked upheaval in Israeli Druze society that spread, especially among soldiers, to Jewish peers. A former Israeli general in the spotlight: 'If I am not a Jew, then this is not my country?' 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Some wore military uniforms, others the traditional black baggy pants and white caps worn by Druze villagers. In Syria’s Sweida, young men take up arms to defend villages 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z “They were aiming for something bigger, and they drove over the Druze on the way.” A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z It would seem appropriate for Jews, Christians, Druze and forward-looking Muslims to start discussing how democratic rights may be preserved for everyone while still guaranteeing the Jewish character of the state under any demographic circumstances. Advice for a Palestinian ‘Icon’ 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Last month, more than 200 people were killed and around 30 Druze women and children taken captive in an large-scale attack by IS militants in south-west Syria. Up to 30,000 IS fighters in Syria and Iraq 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z In response to your movement, Netanyahu established the “Ministerial Committee on Druze, Circassian and Minority Community Members who Serve in the Security Forces Affairs” and offered Druze communities financial incentives. A former Israeli general in the spotlight: 'If I am not a Jew, then this is not my country?' 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z In 2015, Druze leaders declared that members of the sect were no longer obliged to enlist in the Syrian armed forces. Syria's Druze vow to free children kidnapped by IS 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The multicolor, striped Druze flag fluttered over the house next door. A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z An Israeli nation free of the burden of this conflict—Christians, Jews, Muslims and Druze together—would be a beacon of democratic light, leadership and healing for the entire Middle East and world. Advice for a Palestinian ‘Icon’ 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Last Saturday a protest against the law by Israel’s Druze community, which numbers about 120,000 citizens, drew a far larger crowd. Israel's Arab minority rallies against new nation-state law 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of Druze Israelis, along with Jewish supporters, thronged a Tel Aviv square on Saturday night in a rare demonstration against government policy by the typically muted community. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z This might explain the lack of resistance the IS militants - who consider the Druze to be heretics - encountered when they attacked Suweida. Syria's Druze vow to free children kidnapped by IS 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Druze protest leaders say they will accept nothing but a change in the law that ensures equal rights for minorities, whether or not they serve. A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z They charge that opponents seek to stir division in the country and argue that nothing in the law hurts the Druze community. Deluge of opposition to Israel’s nation-state law builds with new court petition 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Asad is also one of the Druze, members of a tiny, non-Muslim, monotheistic religion who hold a unique position in Israeli society, where they are known for fierce loyalty to the state. Israel's Druze say the country they helped create has turned its back on them 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z But the backlash among the Druze is surprising and potentially politically damaging. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Members of Israel’s Arabic-speaking Druze minority, which is known for supporting the state and serving in the military, organized a major protest Saturday against the law. Israeli PM defends Jewish nation-state law after protest 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z At least two Druze officers quit the army in protest but later rejoined. A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Members of Israel’s Arabic-speaking Druze minority, which is known for supporting the state and serving in the military, organized a major protest Saturday against the law. Israeli PM defends Jewish nation-state law after protest 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Druze and Jews fight side by side in the military. Israel's Druze say the country they helped create has turned its back on them 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z The Druze belong to a small secretive sect that splintered off Shiite Islam in the Middle Ages, with populations concentrated in the mountainous areas of Lebanon, Syria and Israel. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Netanyahu said the “deep connection with the Druze community” was essential and that a ministerial committee would “advance the connection and these commitments.” Israeli PM defends Jewish nation-state law after protest 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Packed into Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, protesters, who also included many Israeli Jews, waved Israeli and Druze flags and held up signs demanding that the law be rescinded. World Digest: Aug. 4, 2018 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Netanyahu said the “deep connection with the Druze community” was essential and that a ministerial committee would “advance the connection and these commitments.” Israeli PM defends Jewish nation-state law after protest 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Arabic is the native language of the Druze and of Israel’s Muslim and Christian citizens, who together form over 20% of the population. Israel's Druze say the country they helped create has turned its back on them 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Less than 1 percent of the population, Israel’s 130,000 Druze carry outsized influence in the country. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z High-ranking Jewish and Druze reserve military officers as well as political leaders say they will attend Saturday evening’s rally. Thousands expected to protest contentious Israel nation bill 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z The Druze are ethnic Arab members of a religious minority that is an offshoot of Islam incorporating elements of other faiths. World Digest: Aug. 4, 2018 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z “The team reached an historic outline that constitutes a revolution in the legal status of minority community members who serve in the security forces, particularly the Druze community,” Netanyahu’s media adviser said in a statement. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Many of the critics denouncing the law cite its glaring effect on the Druze. Israel's Druze say the country they helped create has turned its back on them 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Unlike the Muslim and Christian Arab minorities, Israeli Druze are drafted to the military and many strongly identify as Israeli. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Like other minorities, the Druze are outraged by the law. Thousands expected to protest contentious Israel nation bill 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z The Druze, an Arabic-speaking religious community making up roughly 2% of Israel’s population, are conscripted into the military and send proportionally more men to fight than the Jewish population—often to elite combat units. As Israel Enshrines Its Jewish Identity, Its Druze Minority Feels Abandoned 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Druze leaders are divided over whether the proposals will calm the tensions. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The moral insurrection against Netanyahu’s law spread from outraged Druze army officers to their fellow Jewish officers, hundreds of whom signed petitions opposing the measure, to the general public. Israel's Druze say the country they helped create has turned its back on them 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Most live in hilltop towns and villages in the Galilee, where memorials honor the more than 500 Druze soldiers and police officers killed in the line of duty. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Druze, who follow an offshoot of Shiite Islam, are allegiant to their country of residence. Thousands expected to protest contentious Israel nation bill 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Thousands of Druze and other Israelis are expected to gather in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand equal treatment for the Druze. As Israel Enshrines Its Jewish Identity, Its Druze Minority Feels Abandoned 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z A large rally by the Druze and their supporters is planned at a main Tel Aviv plaza on Saturday. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Two Druze officers recently said they would stop serving in response to it. Israeli military faces Druze uproar over Jewish nation law 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Saeb said there was no conflict between his Israeli and Druze identities, likening it to the dual identity of American Jews. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z In a statement Wednesday, he reaffirmed “our shared mission and camaraderie” with the Druze, an Arabic-speaking minority that serves in the military. Israeli military faces Druze uproar over Jewish nation bill 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “The state of Israel respects our dead, but not our living,” said Naser Saba, 40, from this Druze village of 10,500 in the hills outside Haifa in northern Israel. As Israel Enshrines Its Jewish Identity, Its Druze Minority Feels Abandoned 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Druze communities are scattered around the region, including in Syria and Lebanon. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “The law does not detract at all from the individual rights of anybody,” Mr. Netanyahu said after a meeting with Druze leaders this week. They’re ‘Blood Brothers’ With Israel’s Jews. But Druse Call New Law a Betrayal. 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z A handful of Druze soldiers in the Israeli military criticized the law on social media, breaking military rules that prohibit soldiers from expressing political opinions. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Two Druze officers recently said they would stop serving in response to the bill. Israeli military faces Druze uproar over Jewish nation bill 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The Druze people practice a monotheistic religion founded nearly 1,000 years ago. As Israel Enshrines Its Jewish Identity, Its Druze Minority Feels Abandoned 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z In Israel, Druze men are drafted by the military unlike other Arab minorities, who often identify as Palestinian. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The Druze are the third-largest religious minority in Syria and are considered by IS jihadists as heretics. 'IS seizes women and children' in Syria 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Netanyahu met last week with Druze leaders in a bid to assuage concerns. Druze army vets campaign against Israel’s Jewish state law 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z In the first legal challenge to the law, three Druze members of parliament filed a petition with Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday to strike down the law. How one minority group could undermine Israel's new Jewish identity law 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Many Druze say the nation-state law is an affront that discounts over 70 years of contributions to Israel—stretching back to before the state was born in 1948. As Israel Enshrines Its Jewish Identity, Its Druze Minority Feels Abandoned 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Druze are also active in mainstream governance and media in Israel. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z His son was one of two Druze police officers killed in a shooting attack a year ago while guarding an entrance to Jerusalem’s holiest site for Jews and Muslims. Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Some of my best friends belonged to small communities like the Druze, Baha’i or Tayoke, groups that would be hard to find together outside New York. Will New York’s Mayor Erase Real Diversity? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, more than 100 Druze reserve officers of the Israel Defense Forces, including several generals, announced the formation of a forum to fight the law. How one minority group could undermine Israel's new Jewish identity law 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Alumni from two of Israel’s primary infantry brigades released letters signed by scores of former officers, among them four former chiefs of staff, that expressed solidarity with the Druze and other minorities in Israel’s army. As Israel Enshrines Its Jewish Identity, Its Druze Minority Feels Abandoned 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Netanyahu hastily set up a committee including ministers, officials and Druze community leaders to propose new legislation that will address their grievances and ease tensions. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z This year, the spiritual leader of the small but loyal Druze community will light a torch. Israel Celebrates Its 70th Israeli Style: With Rancor and Bickering 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In order to do that, Dagan and his crew recruited Lebanese locals: Druze, Christians and Shiite Muslims who resented the Palestinians and wanted them out of Lebanon. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “Having built this home together with Jews, the nation-state law excludes the Druze community from that home and leaves us outside,” said Brig. How one minority group could undermine Israel's new Jewish identity law 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The main traditional parties that thrive on identity politics, be they Christian, Sunni Muslim, Shiite Muslim or Druze, are just too entrenched. In Lebanon’s Long-Delayed Election, Hopes for Fresh Faces 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z These changes appear designed to accommodate the Druze primarily, and not the much larger Israeli Arab minority. Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The Druze are a minority religious sect present in Syria, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon. Lebanon's Jumblatt calls for Saudi-Iranian discussions 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z The Druze in Israel are part of the country’s Arab minority. Israeli army says ready to help Druze under attack in Syria 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z But for now, he sees his mission as reaching the younger generation of Druze living in the United States. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z One of these newly accommodating voices is Walid Joumblatt, the leader of the Druze community and another pillar of what used to be the March 14 alliance. In Lebanon’s Long-Delayed Election, Hopes for Fresh Faces 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z A mélange of other Sunni rebel groups, including affiliates of Al Qaeda, control an additional 65 percent, while the Syrian Army, Shiite allies and Druze loyalists control about 15 percent in the north. Israeli Aid Gives an Unexpected ‘Glimmer of Hope’ for Syrians 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The Druze are a minority religious sect present in Syria, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon. Lebanon's Jumblatt calls for Saudi-Iranian discussions 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Speaking on a visit to London, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “We are also guarding our borders… We are also maintaining our admiration for our Druze brothers.” Israeli army says ready to help Druze under attack in Syria 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Early Druze communities were insular and isolated and left historians with few records. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The Druze follow an offshoot of Shiite Islam and are seen by some Sunni militant factions as apostates. Gunmen kill 2 Israeli police officers at entrance to Jerusalem mosque complex 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z It turned out that a couple of Palestinian terrorists had killed a Druze man in his home. Trump tweets while people die 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah noted in a speech this month that Lebanese Christians and Druze were more worried about the law than Sunnis and Shi'ites - Lebanon's dominant sects since the civil war. Lebanon pushed to brink in election law stand-off 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z He said it is “a dark day” for the Druze community both in Israel and Syria. Israeli army says ready to help Druze under attack in Syria 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Halabi, who is now in college, said he eventually wants to return to Lebanon, where he grew up, to marry and start a family with a Druze woman with similar religious views. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The two dead Israeli Border Police officers were members of Israel’s small Druze community. Gunmen kill 2 Israeli police officers at entrance to Jerusalem mosque complex 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Soldiers on the scene said the terrorists had come over from Lebanon wanting to kill Jews and happened upon a man who was Druze by accident. Trump tweets while people die 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z “This is going to be about bringing the Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze and other communities together.” In tense political times, NBA heading to Israel this summer 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The Druze village of Hadar is aligned with the Syrian government, creating an unusual scenario if Israel does indeed deploy forces to defend it as Syria and Israel are bitter enemies. Israeli army says ready to help Druze under attack in Syria 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Members of the Druze faith face an added pressure: keeping the religion alive. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z About 80% of Israeli Arabs are Muslim; the rest are divided, roughly equally, between Christians and Druze. Israeli Arab anger as parliament backs 'muezzin bill' - BBC News 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Syrian cuisine has evolved over thousands of years of conquests, trading and migrations, shaped and blended by dozens of peoples: Arab, Kurdish, Druze, Armenian, Circassian, Assyrian, Alawite, Turkish, Turkmen, Palestinian, Ismaili, Greek, Jewish, Yazidi. Remembrance of tastes past: Syria’s disappearing food culture | Wendell Steavenson 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Labneh is also the foundation of a terrific sandwich wrap that is the Druze contribution to Israeli street food. How to throw an Israeli-SoCal mezze party 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z An Israeli man from a Druze area in Israel was lightly wounded by stray fire from across the border amid “intense fighting” in Syria, earlier in the day, the military said. Israeli army says ready to help Druze under attack in Syria 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z In one instance Radwan found in his research, a Druze man was going to marry a woman of Shiite and Christian heritage. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z As the conflict in Syria has spread, Druze civilians have increasingly been under fire by radical militants. Syrian refugee’s trek from Colombia to Texas stalls in limbo 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z But Israel believes a small number of Syrian Druze are being used in sporadic attacks against Israelis in the Golan Heights by Hezbollah. Syrian conflict: The view from Golan Heights - BBC News 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The Israeli version is an eclectic mix of mostly spreads and salad-y things from the tiny country’s many culinary traditions: North African, Druze, Bedouin, Arab, Russian, Iranian, Romanian and more. How to throw an Israeli-SoCal mezze party 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Later, it said dozens of Druze marched to the frontier with Syria and tried to breach the security fence. Israeli army says ready to help Druze under attack in Syria 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z In a case that made headlines four years ago, a Druze woman and Sunni man from northern Lebanon eloped. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Halawi is also a Druze, which is an ethnic and a religious minority in Syria. Syrian refugee’s trek from Colombia to Texas stalls in limbo 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Opponents say the campaign’s real goal is to divide and weaken Israel’s nearly 1.8 million Arabs, who include Muslims, Christians and Druze. Israel honors priest who promotes Arab army enlistment 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Opponents say the campaign's real goal is to divide and weaken Israel's nearly 1.8 million Arabs, who include Muslims, Christians and Druze. Father Gabriel Naddaf will light a torch this week in Israel's official Independence Day ceremony, an honor that recognizes his efforts to encourage Christian Arab enlistment in the Israeli military 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z About 20,000 Syrian Druze live in a handful of villages near the eastern cease-fire lines that are patrolled by United Nations peacekeepers, and about 25,000 Israelis live on settlements there. Netanyahu says Israel will never give up the Golan Heights 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z From a practical point of view, the biggest challenge to finding a spouse within the faith is the shortage of other Druze, especially outside the Middle East. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Many of the Druze people who lived in the area fled to Syria behind the retreating Syrian army, but a significant number stayed and continue to live in their villages in the highlands. Netanyahu vows that Israel will never give up Golan Heights 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Last summer, the militants reportedly shot dead more than a dozen members of Syria’s Druze religious minority. Al-Qaeda affiliate faces unusual backlash from fed-up Syrians 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z A recent poll by the Pew Research Center on Israel’s Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze and other communities found that there was little social interaction among the groups. Israel’s president is known as a voice of reason, but can he unite the country? 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z It said four workers who belonged to the minority Druze sect were killed and 20 pro-government gunmen are still being held. ISIS Frees Most of 300 Abducted Workers in Syria, Kills 4 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z IS's Amaq news agency said on Friday the group freed nearly 300 workers, but had executed four of them for being from the Druze minority. Islamic State begins releasing kidnapped workers: Syrian Observatory 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The Lebanese system of government stitched back together after the war carefully balances the interests of Sunni, Shi'ite, Christian and Druze groups. In garbage crisis, Lebanon chokes on bad air and bad politics 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Qantar, a Lebanese Druze, spent almost 30 years in prison in Israel for a notorious attack in which four people were killed, but was released in 2008 in an exchange with Hezbollah. Hezbollah bomb attack targets Israeli border patrol - BBC News 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Kuntar was a secular Lebanese who was born into the Druze community, an offshoot of Islam. Hezbollah Leader Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Syria 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The Druze, a 10th century offshoot of Shiite Islam, made up about 5 percent of Syria’s pre-war population of 23 million people. ISIS Frees Most of 300 Abducted Workers in Syria, Kills 4 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Jaramana is a bastion of government support and is the home of many of Syria’s Druze minority as well as Christians. Lebanese militant leader Samir Qantar believed killed in Damascus attack 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z After his release, Qantar - a Druze who declared his support for Hezbollah - kept a low public profile. Lebanese Militant Is Believed Killed in Syria Blast 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Al-Qaida's Syria branch assassinated several Druze clerics and a Jesuit priest, while Shiite militias in Iraq targeted Sunnis with abductions and execution-style killings. US report finds religious freedom under threat; IS, extremist groups leading the attacks 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Those efforts did not go smoothly, however, and more recently, Mr. Kuntar had a somewhat modified role, setting up a Hezbollah-trained militia in the southern province of Swaida, populated mainly by Syrian Druze. Hezbollah Leader Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Syria 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z They envisioned six areas, including the State of Alawites, a state for the Druze and a State of Aleppo. After 4 years of ruinous war, Syria may face partition, or looser structure 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Another Syrian, a Druze who wanted to get to Stuttgart, was waiting on the platform for the last train to Munich, eavesdropping. A Syrian family, and one of the last trains to Munich 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z At least six members of Syria's security forces were shot dead in the south-western city of Sweida, after a prominent cleric in the minority Druze community died in a car bomb blast. Syria crisis: US concern over Russia 'military build-up' - BBC News 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z A 10th century offshoot of Shiite Islam, the Druze made up about 5 percent of Syria's prewar population of 23 million people, and is split between supporters and opponents of Assad. Anti-government violence in Syria's southern Druze stronghold after cleric killed in blasts 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z A statement on the Facebook page of a Druze militia in Jaramana said the building was hit with “four long-range missiles.” Hezbollah Leader Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Syria 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The Druze remain loyal but are starting to talk about autonomy in their southern areas as well. After 4 years of ruinous war, Syria may face partition, or looser structure 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The campaigners say they seek radical reforms including an end the patronage system that divvies up power among Lebanon’s multiple communities — Shiites, Sunnis, Christians, Druze and more. Thousands of Lebanese Join Protest Against Government 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z It says it seeks to ditch a patronage system that divvies up power to each of Lebanon's multiple communities — Shiites, Sunnis, Christians, Druze and more — in favor of a non-sectarian culture. Young media-savvy Lebanese rally public over trash crisis, challenging entire political class 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The governor of Tartus is a Druze, the security chief is Sunni, the police chief is Sunni, and the mayor is Sunni. Syria’s Lords of War 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Will Israel protect Druze in the Golan from Syrian rebels? Israel hits Syrian targets following rocket fire it says was ordered by Iran 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z They speak Hebrew and Arabic fluently, and in recent months they have become increasingly concerned about the plight of their Druze brethren across the border in Syria. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In fact, the U.S. government will not participate because the rescue doesn’t extend to Yazidis, Druze or Shiites. Syrian Christians and the English Jew 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet, the remarks above are not from a Sunni Arab but amazingly from the celebrated Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, one of the most veteran political figures on the Middle East stage since the 1970s. How Turkey Really Feels About the Iran Deal 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But declarations of neutrality may not save the Druze if extremists from the Islamic State or Jabhat al-Nusra — Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate — seize their ancestral lands. In new sign of Assad’s troubles, Syria’s Druze turn away from president 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The Druze, members of a religious sect that began as an offshoot of Shiite Islam, are among Israel’s most loyal citizens. World Digest: June 23, 2015 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Tarif has galvanized support among his community, raising more than $3 million to provide aid to Syrian Druze around the region. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Israel’s estimated 130,000 Druze live mostly in the north of the country, where some have recently been taking to the streets, demanding more decisive action to help the Syrian Druze. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The Druze, a religious sect that began as an offshoot of Shiite Islam, are among Israel’s most loyal citizens and serve in its military. Druze Residents of Israel Beat to Death an Injured Syrian Fighter 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The Druze, as well as other minorities, are growing more nervous that the government will be unable — and perhaps unwilling — to protect them from the advancing rebels. In new sign of Assad’s troubles, Syria’s Druze turn away from president 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The Druze, a mysterious sect that began as an offshoot of Shiite Islam, are among Israel's most loyal citizens. Druze villagers kill wounded Syrian in Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Most of the Druze have stayed in Syria. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Convening for an emergency meeting, the Druze leadership in Israel condemned the mob attack in the Golan. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z It was the second incident in one day in which Druze villagers confronted an ambulance that they believed was transporting injured Syrian militants. Druze Residents of Israel Beat to Death an Injured Syrian Fighter 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Increasingly, Druze spiritual leaders are criticizing the embattled president and urging their community to adopt a neutral stance in the conflict. In new sign of Assad’s troubles, Syria’s Druze turn away from president 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z A wounded Syrian died on Monday when Israeli Druze attacked an Israeli military ambulance taking him to hospital for treatment, police said. Wounded Syrian dies as Israeli Druze attack military ambulance, say police 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The Druze in Israel have been loyal to the country, and there is a biblical dimension that connects them to the Jews, too,” the rabbi said. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The Israeli government insists it will not allow the Druze in Syria to be massacred, but has stopped short of definitive action, maintaining its policy of non-intervention in the conflict next door. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Syria is believed to be home to about half of the estimated 1.5 million Druze in the world. One killed as Druze residents in Golan Heights attack Israeli ambulance 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Druze leaders do not portray their shift as a total break with Assad. In new sign of Assad’s troubles, Syria’s Druze turn away from president 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z On 10 June, at least 20 Druze were killed in an unprecedented shootout with the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front in north-west Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Wounded Syrian dies as Israeli Druze attack military ambulance, say police 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The family — two brothers, their wives, children and grandchildren — are Syrian Druze refugees who fled the ongoing violence in their country two years ago. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Few of the Golan Druze have taken Israeli citizenship - an option they were offered after Israel annexed the territory in 1981 - and have mostly backed Assad’s government, at least in public. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Hermon with at least two wounded Syrians when it was ambushed by an angry crowd of Druze residents protesting Israel’s medical treatment of rebel forces, according to media reports. One killed as Druze residents in Golan Heights attack Israeli ambulance 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The Druze are a small but influential community spread across Syria, Israel and Lebanon. In new sign of Assad’s troubles, Syria’s Druze turn away from president 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the first incident happened in the northern Israeli town of Horfish and that the Druze tried to check the identities of those inside the ambulance. Wounded Syrian dies as Israeli Druze attack military ambulance, say police 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Accompanying the three Druze sheiks, in their cylindrical red and white hats and baggy pants, is a man in a buttoned-down blue shirt and a skullcap — a rabbi from Jerusalem. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In the attack late Monday, dozens of Druze villagers swarmed an Israeli military ambulance carrying two wounded Syrian rebels, suspecting they were Islamic militants. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Ayoub Kara, deputy minister of regional development and a Druze, said all Israelis identify with the concerns over the danger faced by Druze in Syria, but there was no excuse for attacking the ambulance. One killed as Druze residents in Golan Heights attack Israeli ambulance 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Last month, militants from Jabhat al-Nusra gunned down more than 20 Druze in northern Syria in what was said to be a property dispute. In new sign of Assad’s troubles, Syria’s Druze turn away from president 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The Druze threw stones at the vehicle as it tried to drive off, she said, adding that one Druze was moderately injured in the incident. Wounded Syrian dies as Israeli Druze attack military ambulance, say police 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z According to their belief system, the Druze must be loyal to the state in which they live, but they have still managed to stay connected with one another even across hostile borders. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z They stand in contrast to other, loyalist Druze in Israel who have a particularly tight bond with Jews that dates even farther back than helping them win independence in 1948. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z "If ... someone hurts the Druze in Syria, that person becomes my enemy. I am willing to die to protect my brothers there," he added. Israeli Druze alarmed by plight of their brethren in Syria 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z But the threat to Suwayda and the sect's ancestral lands is on a much more profound scale for the Druze. Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Israeli officials made an appeal to the United States to protect the Druze, an ancient people whose esoteric faith combines elements of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, as well teachings from the Hindus and Buddha. Will Israel protect Druze in the Golan from Syrian rebels? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Israeli Druze serve in the army, and Israelis have made their support of the community clear. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Earlier Monday, Druze villagers confronted another ambulance they believed was transporting wounded Syrian militants but that incident was quickly defused. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The 60-year-old Kara, who lost two brothers die in battle serving in the Israeli military, insists the Druze "alliance doesn't end at the border" with Syria. Israeli Druze alarmed by plight of their brethren in Syria 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Here in Suwayda, home to about 70,000 people, mostly Druze, there is little outward sign of the war raging elsewhere in Syria. Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Tell this to the young Druze men racing up and down the streets, on horseback and in all-terrain vehicles, waving Druze flags. Will Israel protect Druze in the Golan from Syrian rebels? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Tarif also has access to and the respect of Druze communal leaders in Lebanon and Syria. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The Israeli Druze have been angered by the Israeli government’s policy of extending medical aid to wounded Syrian rebels, who are fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government - an archenemy of Israel. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The chief of staff of the Israeli military - in which hundreds of Druze serve, many of them in high-ranking positions - said it would act if needed to prevent a massacre in the Syrian Golan Heights. Syria's Druze under threat as conflict spreads - BBC News 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z At nearby Druze villages the other day, residents were bringing food and tea to the Syria soldiers. Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Gen. Uzi Dayan, a former national security adviser, said it is possible that Israel, without entering Syria itself, might assist the Druze. Will Israel protect Druze in the Golan from Syrian rebels? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z A staunch critic of the Assad regime, Faher works to unite minority groups in Syria and has been trying to help the Druze who are still there to defend themselves militarily. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z They suspect that some of those treated in Israel have been Islamic militants, such as those behind the massacre of the Druze in the Syrian province of Idlib. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z It was the deadliest attack on Druze civilians since the beginning of the country's conflict four years ago. Syria's Druze under threat as conflict spreads - BBC News 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Syria is believed to be home to about half of the estimated 1.5 million Druze worldwide. Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, said he would protect Syrian Druze along the Israeli border but would not put his troops into the fight. Will Israel protect Druze in the Golan from Syrian rebels? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z For Eckstein, who has already weathered controversy in some Jewish circles over the fundraising he does with Christians, supporting Syrian Druze is a logical outreach of his work in Israel. For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The Druze behind Monday’s attack on the wounded Syrians are part of the 22,000 members of the community who live in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The Druze religion arose from Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam, in the 11th Century. Syria's Druze under threat as conflict spreads - BBC News 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z But interviews with Druze civilians and fighters here confirm that many regard the rebel advance as a threat to the Druze's existence. Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Both the presence of Jabhat al-Nusra and especially the Islamic State, worry the Druze, because the two Sunni militias consider the Druze, a heterodox offshoot of Shiite Islam, as infidels and defilers of Islam. Will Israel protect Druze in the Golan from Syrian rebels? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z “There are others with good hearts, too, not only the Druze.” For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon called the attack a “lynch” while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly condemned it and invited Druze leaders to a meeting on Wednesday in a bid to lower tensions. Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Druze believe that he will reappear at the end of time to establish universal justice. Syria's Druze under threat as conflict spreads - BBC News 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Many also harshly criticized Israel's ongoing medical treatment of wounded Syrian rebels, who, the Druze said, include Nusra militants. Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The tanks are now deployed around a cluster of Druze villages in Syria. Will Israel protect Druze in the Golan from Syrian rebels? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Will the Druze relatives of an Israeli hero be sidelined by the ‘Jewish state?’ For these Druze refugees from Syria, help comes from an unexpected source 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z That may be about to change as Israel warns that it will act if Syria’s Druze minority is endangered. Don’t bruise the Druze 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Some Druze took up arms and formed Popular Committees to defend their homes against rebel attacks, while others joined a pro-Assad paramilitary group, the National Defence Forces, which fights alongside the army. Syria's Druze under threat as conflict spreads - BBC News 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the shooting occurred after the Nusra Front tried to confiscate the home of a Druze government official in the village. Syria's al-Qaida branch kills 20 minority Druze villagers 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z But there are also several Druze villages in other parts of the country, including in Idlib. Syria conflict: Al-Nusra fighters kill Druze villagers - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The Lebanese military is generally seen as a unifying force in Lebanon, and draws its ranks from all of the country’s sects - Sunni and Shiite Muslim, Christian and Druze. Lebanon army conducts live-fire demonstration of US missiles 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z More than a million Druze live in the Middle East, about two-thirds of them in Syria with the rest split between Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Don’t bruise the Druze 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But after a rebel alliance that includes al-Nusra took control Jabal al-Summaq, several hundred Druze were forced to convert to Sunni Islam, shrines were damaged and graves desecrated, according to local activists. Syria's Druze under threat as conflict spreads - BBC News 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z He called on all the Druze in Sweida to carry arms and defend their villages, and urged Assad's government to supply the residents with weapons. Syria's al-Qaida branch kills 20 minority Druze villagers 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The Druze faith is an offshoot of Islam considered heretical by jihadists. Syria conflict: Al-Nusra fighters kill Druze villagers - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Yes, I’m in charge of the education of all 2.2 million Israeli children, including the Arabs and Druze and Bedouin and ultra-Orthodox and secular. Israel’s education minister: ‘I don’t believe in giving up our land’ 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z And if thousands of Druze refugees stream towards the frontier, Israel may be the first of Syria’s neighbours to establish a buffer-zone with it. Don’t bruise the Druze 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Elsewhere on Tuesday, Islamic State militants attacked a village in the Druze heartland of southern Syria, killing six people before local pro-regime gunmen expelled them. Syria rebels seize key regime base 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The main Western-backed Syrian National Coalition said "dozens of Druze young men" died in the shooting. Syria's al-Qaida branch kills 20 minority Druze villagers 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Israeli media reported Monday night that two of the four men were the sons of a former political prisoner from the Druze village of Magdal Shams, on Israel’s side of the Golan Heights. Tensions rise on Israel-Syria border after infiltration attempt, airstrikes 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The incident occurred just east of Majdal Shams, a Druze village on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights that Israel captured from Syria in 1967. Israeli airstrike said to kill four along Syrian border 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The Druze, a 10th century offshoot of Shiite Islam, made up about 5 percent of Syria's pre-war population of 23 million people. Nusra Front quietly rises in Syria as Islamic State targeted 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z If Israel’s 1.7 million Arab citizens — including Druze, Bedouin, Christians and Muslims — often encounter discrimination and marginalization, their Knesset representatives deal daily with ridicule and recrimination. Arab Alliance in Israeli Legislature Sees Unity as Vehicle for Progress 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The Druze, a 10th century offshoot of Shiite Islam, made up about 5 percent of Syria's prewar population of 23 million people. Syria's al-Qaida branch kills 20 minority Druze villagers 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Syrian censuses have not included religion or ethnicity, but experts estimate that 75-85% of Syrians are Muslims—primarily Arab Sunni but also Kurdish Sunni, Arab Alawite Shiite, Arab Druze and Arab Ismaeli. Syria's next generation 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The country is home to a tapestry of faiths and ethnicities - Sunni and Shiite Muslims, Alawites, Druze, Kurds and Christians. Syria’s 4-year march toward destruction 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In addition to Syria, Lebanon and Israel have large Druze communities. Nusra Front quietly rises in Syria as Islamic State targeted 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The country is home to a tapestry of faiths and ethnicities — Sunni and Shiite Muslims, Alawites, Druze, Kurds and Christians. Syria's 4-year march toward destruction 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The same goes for many towns and villages, whether Christian, Muslim or Druze. Lights, handguns, action 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z This echoes the recent repression of Coptic Christians in Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood and the increasing vulnerability of Syria’s religious minorities, including Christians, Druze and the Alawite ruling elite. Religious nationalism finds a footing in the Middle East 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z In an incident earlier this month, Druze villagers kidnapped regime intelligence officers in an attempt to free a man who was apprehended for refusing to serve in the military. Desperate for soldiers, Assad’s government imposes harsh recruitment measures 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The Druze leader did not seem happy with the status of his fellow Druze in Syria when Al-Monitor asked him about them. Jumblatt: No Solution in Syria With Assad in Power 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z He said he would actively encourage Druze teens not to enlist in the army. Will the Druze relatives of an Israeli hero be sidelined by the ‘Jewish state?’ ONE week Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his ministers honour a Druze policeman who died protecting Jewish worshippers being hacked to death in a Jerusalem synagogue. How Jewish a state? 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z An offshoot of Shia Islam, the Druze are a small monotheistic religious minority spread throughout the world, with the majority living in Syria and Lebanon. Terror attack shines light on unlikely Israeli ally 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Other minority groups, such as Syria’s Druze community, also show signs of dissent. Desperate for soldiers, Assad’s government imposes harsh recruitment measures 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z We dodged the patrols of the Syrian Air Force, skirted the government’s outlying military bases, sneaked past hostile Druze villages. Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Some Druze, mainly those who live in the Golan Heights, an area Israel captured from Syria in 1967, still proclaim allegiance to the Syrian government, although they hold Israeli residency cards. Will the Druze relatives of an Israeli hero be sidelined by the ‘Jewish state?’ There are also about 22,000 Druze, a native sect that mostly shuns Israeli citizenship but volunteers for its military. In Golan, Imagined Risks Become All Too Real 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Jidan Assad, a Druze border policeman was killed when a Palestinian man drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians at a light rail station. Terror attack shines light on unlikely Israeli ally 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z In the Ottoman period, episodes of religious violence in Syria and Lebanon led to the massacre of many Christians and Druze. Middle East History Shows Long Legacy of Religious Tolerance, Coexistence 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The power-sharing system aims to balance the power of Christian, Sunni, Shia and Druze forces. Leaks Claim 40 ISIS Cells Are Waiting To Strike Lebanon Last week, the government attempted to push through its Jewish state legislation, stirring more concerns among the Druze. Will the Druze relatives of an Israeli hero be sidelined by the ‘Jewish state?’ Men, women and children, mostly from Druze clans torn apart four decades ago, crossed the border through the gate daily. The Golan Heights, Once Peaceful, May Drag Israel Into the Syrian Civil War One of Israel’s top commanders in this summer’s war in Gaza was Colonel Ghassan Alian, the Druze leader of the Golani Brigade, who was hospitalized after being injured by a Hamas rocket. Terror attack shines light on unlikely Israeli ally 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z IS’s advance is prompting the 20,000 Druze who inhabit the Golan Heights, alongside a similar number of Israelis, to shift their allegiance. A plague on all those houses 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Or perhaps Israel haters can learn about the Druze IDF commander, Col. The Media Intifada: Bad Math, Ugly Truths About New York Times In Israel-Hamas War 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Seif was the second Druze security officer to die in a terrorist attack in recent weeks. Will the Druze relatives of an Israeli hero be sidelined by the ‘Jewish state?’ He used to serve in the army and belongs to the Druze minority group. Syrians living with the mental scars of torture 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z "This danger does not recognise Shi'ites, Sunnis, Muslims, Christians or Druze or Yazidis or Arabs or Kurds. This monster is growing and getting bigger," said Nasrallah. Hezbollah sees Islamic State as threat to Gulf, Jordan 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z But at least the Syrian Druze may become more friendly. A plague on all those houses 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Like other minority religions of the region, such as the Druze and the Alawis, it is not possible to convert to Yazidism, only to be born into it. Who are the Yazidis? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Halabi also noted that the long-standing loyalty of the Druze to Israel conflicts with their identity as Arabs, making them appear as traitors to the wider Arab public. Will the Druze relatives of an Israeli hero be sidelined by the ‘Jewish state?’ The four main religious groups – the Christians, Sunni, Shia, and Druze – are themselves divided into multiple factions whose agendas don’t always align. Flood of Syrian Refugees Strains Lebanon's Fragile Political Consensus 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Mr. Kasem, whose parents belonged to the Druze sect in Lebanon, an offshoot of Islam, became a vocal advocate for Middle East peace and Arab-American causes. Casey Kasem, Wholesome Voice of Pop Radio, Dies at 82 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z For minority Alawite, Christian and Druze communities, the Alawite president offers a defense against Islamist insurgents and the promise - however remote - of a return to stability. After Assad's election triumph, fear grips stay-at-home Syrians 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z State television showed crowds cheering and dancing in Damascus, Qamishli in the Kurdish northeast of the country, the Druze city of Suweida in the south and the contested city of Aleppo in the north. Assad declared landslide victor in wartime Syrian election 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Concerned about their future in Israel, Druze leaders met with Netanyahu last week. Will the Druze relatives of an Israeli hero be sidelined by the ‘Jewish state?’ Almost 30 years later, already in his 70s, Frans was still leading an annual eight-day hike across the country, followed by as many as 200 or 300 young Syrians - Christian and Muslim, Druze and Alawite. Who was Father Frans? 2014-04-26T00:11:11Z Tuesday’s blast occurred when forces patrolling along the fence by the Druze village of Majdal Shams “identified suspicious movement” and got out of their vehicle, according to Lt. 4 Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Blast in Golan 2014-03-18T18:13:07Z The lowest amount of African admixture occurs in the Druze, a religious group of the Near East that prohibited slavery and has been closed to converts since A.D. Tracing Ancestry, Team Produces Genetic Atlas of Human Mixing Events 2014-02-13T19:17:06Z For the country's minority Alawite, Christian and Druze communities, the Alawite president offers a bulwark against increasingly radical Sunni Muslim insurgents and the promise - however remote - of a return to stability. Assad declared landslide victor in wartime Syrian election 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Hours earlier a Syrian mortar shell landed in the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Israeli-held Golan, near Israel's security fence. Israel says returns fire into Syria on occupied Golan Heights 2013-12-02T10:42:58Z Populated only by fewer than 20,000 people, most of them Druze who used to be Syrian, the airy landscape is mostly cattle range-land, plus apple orchards, apiaries and vineyards. Why Israel Fears Syria's War 2013-09-19T08:20:26Z Syrian state media said the attack took place in the suburb of Jaramana, home to many Christians and Druze, adherents of a syncretic offshoot of Shia Islam. Syria death toll rises above 100,000 2013-07-25T18:49:35Z In the 1970s and 1980s, as I was growing up, Lebanon was torn by civil war, which often pitched the Maronite Christian community against Muslims, both Shia and Sunni, and Druze. Return to Lebanon: A country fighting someone else's war 2013-07-13T23:51:18Z Days after he spoke in May, two rockets were launched from the foothills of the Druze Mountains, targeting the Shiite southern suburbs of Beirut, although they fell short. Is Lebanon Unraveling? 2013-07-10T08:45:00Z Appeals against the 17-month election delay ground to a halt when a Shi'ite and Druze boycott prevented the constitutional court from issuing a ruling. Analysis: Tugged by Syria storm, Lebanon risks drifting into chaos 2013-07-04T12:44:34Z For many of the Druze here, the conflict in Syria is personal. Picking cherries within earshot of a war zone 2013-06-14T23:58:14Z As gunfire from Syria echoed at times in the distance, Israeli and Druze farmers tended to their cherry orchards. Analysis: Golan fighting spells more Syria trouble for Israel 2013-06-07T14:41:05Z This exit took place after Syrian opposition leader George Sabra called Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and asked him to intervene, according to Hezbollah supporters and people close to Mr. Jumblatt's political party. Syrian City Bears Signs of Sectarian War 2013-06-07T02:34:42Z “She is also Druze, ” she added, referring to the tribal sect that emerged in the 11th century, merging strains of Ismaili Shiite Islam and pre-Islamic theologies. IHT Special: Just in Time, a Lebanese Artist’s Work Is Shown at Tate Modern 2013-05-15T20:36:22Z An absolute majority of the Druze oppose Israeli occupation. Assad and Nasrallah threaten new front line in Golan 2013-05-10T16:13:53Z A Druze friend had invited us to come and pick some cherries in her family's orchard near the village of Majdal Shams in the far north of the Golan. Picking cherries within earshot of a war zone 2013-06-14T23:58:14Z Other minority groups, including Christians and Druze, have been reluctant to abandon Assad as Islamic extremists — with at least rhetorical backing from al-Qaeda — have taken a more prominent role within the opposition military force. Qatar is focus as U.S. weighs concerns about arming Syrian extremists 2013-04-23T00:13:46Z Most of the refugees are Sunni Muslims, and Lebanon's Shi'ite, Druze and Christian sects fear a demographic shift that could tip the country's delicate ethnic and religious balance. Syrian refugees burden and benefit for Lebanese economy 2013-04-17T14:50:54Z Syria's 22 million population is roughly three-quarters Sunni Muslim, which includes Arabs and Kurds, and around 15 percent other Muslim groups, including mostly Alawites but also some Shi'ites and Druze. Turkey building refugee camps for Syrian Christians, Kurds 2013-04-10T14:21:11Z A smaller number were Druze and Christians, whose communities are divided but largely support Assad due to their fears of rising Islamist rhetoric among the opposition. Insight: Syrian guerrilla fighters being sent to Iran for training 2013-04-04T11:08:42Z Syria's population includes Christians, Shi'ites, Alawites, Druze and Ismailis as well as majority Sunnis who include mystical Sufis and secularists as well as pious conservatives. Fearful Syrian voters will keep Assad in power: Qassem 2013-03-12T16:23:13Z Syria is also home to Christians, Ismailis, Druze and other minorities. Syrian civil war devastates farming, U.N. says 2013-01-23T15:38:20Z Those calculations exclude members of the Druze community, who tend to be counted separately. Election quandary for Israel's Arab citizens 2013-01-21T09:36:15Z Tomorrow I’m going up to the north to Druze villages. An Hour with Naftali Bennett: Is the Right-Wing Newcomer the New Face of Israel? 2013-01-18T08:05:21Z I met with the mayor of a West Bank settlement, an elderly kibbutznik, soldiers, and representatives of the Bedouin and Druze communities. Campaigns struggle to impress as Israeli elections loom 2013-01-16T13:21:11Z Sweida, home to Syria's Druze minority, is solidly under state control. Syrian rebels say will target Aleppo airport 2012-12-22T04:44:12Z In a very similar conflict in the 1860s it was torched by besieging Druze and Turkish fighters after its Christian defenders were defeated. Syria war fuels Christian flight from Middle East 2012-12-16T10:47:24Z While there may be token representation of Christians, Alawites and Druze in the ranks of the exiled opposition, Lund noted, “the armed resistance is almost exclusively Sunni Muslim.” Why the U.S. Designated an Anti-Assad Group 'Terrorist' 2012-12-11T22:05:23Z We all served and fought together with the Druze, and always on Remembrance Day, and God forbid, if a Druze fighter died, we remember him. An Hour with Naftali Bennett: Is the Right-Wing Newcomer the New Face of Israel? 2013-01-18T08:05:21Z The president's bedrock is his own Alawite sect, but he has some support from some Christians, Druze and Kurds, among others. Defiance and resolve in war-torn Damascus 2012-12-11T08:24:19Z Other minorities like Druze, Christians and Shi'ites fear for their freedoms with the growing influence of Sunni Islamist hardliners in the armed revolt. Syrian rebels say will target Aleppo airport 2012-12-22T04:44:12Z The main fear among Christian, Alawite, Kurd, and Druze minorities is that the hardcore Islamist element within the Free Syrian Army will not guarantee the safety and rights of all Syrians in a post-Assad era. How To Save Syria? 2012-12-10T05:00:00Z With Lebanon’s Druze population numbering only about 200,000, analysts say Mr. Jumblatt’s maneuvering is primarily driven by short-term tactical considerations aimed at safeguarding one of Lebanon’s smallest communities. Minorities in Lebanon Are Wary of Syrian War 2012-12-06T04:08:10Z You should know, my Druze brothers, I’m going to fight for you, and all the people on my list. An Hour with Naftali Bennett: Is the Right-Wing Newcomer the New Face of Israel? 2013-01-18T08:05:21Z The population of Jaramana is mainly Christian and Druze, a heterodox offshoot of Islam. Twin blasts shake Damascus suburb 2012-11-28T13:23:27Z On Wednesday, two car bombs hit Druze and Christian areas, also to the south-east of Damascus, killing 34 people. 'Fierce clashes' by Syria airport 2012-11-29T17:26:50Z Dozens of people were reportedly killed, with scores more injured, in what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack on the eastern enclave of the capital that is home to many Druze and Christians. A Damascus Whodunit 2012-11-28T18:53:00Z "We demand freedom for every Sunni, Alawi, Ismaili, Christian, Druze, Assyrian ... and rights for all parts of the harmonious Syrian people," he said, calling on Syrian soldiers to desert and all sects to unite. Syria opposition seeks support; Israel fires from Golan 2012-11-13T08:50:32Z And here’s what I write here: ‘Our Druze brothers, you have a home.’ An Hour with Naftali Bennett: Is the Right-Wing Newcomer the New Face of Israel? 2013-01-18T08:05:21Z In the past, he added, neighbors lived so close together — Druze, Christians, Muslims — that “when something happened, we all offered condolences.” Syrian War Reaches Damascus 2012-10-18T02:54:45Z A similar episode occurred July 23, when a single mortar fell near the Druze village Masada, close to the border. Syrian Shells Land Near Israeli Border 2012-09-25T12:09:12Z And the fact that it’s a Druze and Christian area puts it under the spotlight.” A Damascus Whodunit 2012-11-28T18:53:00Z The explosion is the second within 10 days targeting the predominantly Druze and Christian area of Jaramana. 'Deadly strike' in Syria's Aleppo 2012-09-03T11:02:03Z Jaramana is a little town located to the south-east of Damascus, home to many secular young Syrians from various Muslim sects, but whose population is predominantly Druze. Syria's minorities drawn into conflict 2012-08-22T00:29:01Z In fact, among the 20,000 Syrians in the Golan, who mostly follow the Druze religion, there are many staunch Assad supporters. Israeli fears over Syria crisis 2012-08-03T00:11:15Z Assad runs a system of minority rule that has empowered the Alawite minority, supported by Christians, Druze and other minorities, and an elite from within the Sunni majority. Five Syrian Nightmares: Mideast Can't Live With Assad, But Living Without Him Won't Be Easy 2012-07-24T11:05:20Z Several Christian residents and antiregime activists in Damascus say the regime is now arming male loyalists in parts of the capital dominated by Christians and Druze and Shiite minorities. Syrian Conflict Draws In Christians 2012-07-23T00:15:58Z Syrians who called themselves Syrians a few months ago now say they are Alawites, Christians, Sunnis, Shias, Druze. Opinion: Life During Wartime in Syria 2012-07-21T21:59:47Z We are Muslims, and we want a full popular revolution, with Muslims and Christians and Druze.” Commanders of Syrian Rebels Unite in Frustration 2012-07-14T00:47:18Z As a minority group in Syria, the Druze, like the Christians, also favoured its secular style of government. Israeli fears over Syria crisis 2012-08-03T00:11:15Z On the other is an anti-Assad coalition of Sunnis, Druze and rival Christians. A Spasm of Violence: How Lebanon is Threatened by Syria's Rebellion 2012-05-21T17:15:00Z The Druze minority sect has started to stand against the regime, as have significant numbers of Christian priests and leaders who have historically stood with the regime. Is Arming the Rebels the Worst Option for Syria? 2012-03-13T00:35:31Z “You are just selecting players based on performance and not because they are from Ahed or Ansar, Christian or Druze or Shia,” he said. In Lebanon, National Soccer Team Helps Bring Country Together 2012-02-28T17:40:45Z The commander near Qusayr told me they were fighting for all of Syria's religions and sects: Christian, Muslim, Alawite, Sunni, Druze, Shia. Syria's slide towards civil war 2012-02-12T18:21:55Z The same seems generally to be true of other minorities, especially the Christians, with more questionable allegiance from the Kurds and Druze. Analysis: Syria's complex and bloody crisis 2012-02-10T09:03:30Z "Hafez al-Assad constructed a minority system, with Christians, Druze and Ismailis, to rule over a Sunni Muslim country," said Andrew Tabler, Syria analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Syria's Alawites are secretive, unorthodox sect 2011-12-23T20:39:46Z The president said Dec. 8 while receiving a delegation of Lebanese Druze leaders that Syria “is able to overcome the current events” and won’t change its policies, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said. Two Children Among 15 Killed by Syrian Forces, Activist Says 2011-12-09T23:35:01Z About 75 percent of Israel's 7.7 million population are classified as Jewish, almost 17 percent are Muslim, about two percent Christian, a little fewer Druze and about 4 percent classified "without religion." Israeli forces state to change "Jewish" classification 2011-10-07T12:10:43Z Representatives are from the Sunni, Shiite, Alawite, Druze and Christian communities, the Kurdish minority and the Muslim Brotherhood. Syrian Forces Kill 75 Protesters in Four Days, Activist Says 2011-09-19T16:54:27Z Imagine my village in the south is under Druze authority, how will I get my lands back? Christian Anxiety in Syria: A Minority Grapples With Who to Support 2011-09-17T05:15:00Z Through its long reign, the House of Assad has preached a broader identity for the country — an Arab nationalism that could encompass Alawites, Sunnis, Christians and other heterodox sects like Druze and Ismailis. Magazine Preview: Syria?s Sons of No One 2011-08-31T12:00:01Z We are all one, not Arabs, not Kurds, not Muslims, not Christians, not Alawites, not Druze. Hundreds of Thousands Continue Protests Across Syria 2011-07-22T18:23:44Z Hariri's March 14 coalition, which includes Christian and Druze figures, will step up pressure on Sunni Muslim Prime Minister Najib Mikati, whose cabinet is dominated by Shi'ite Hezbollah and its allies, to hand over suspects. Analysis: Hariri tribunal indictments to widen political strife 2011-07-01T19:05:02Z In Syria, the Assad regime cynically uses Christian and Druze troops against Sunni targets. Recipe for revolution 2011-06-28T11:05:58Z Shi'ite Hezbollah and its Christian and Druze allies secured 18 posts in the new government, up from 11 under Hariri's coalition, enabling them to pass or block decisions more easily. Lebanon gets Hezbollah-led cabinet after 5-month lag 2011-06-13T17:42:49Z Demonstrators, seen from a Druze village, flee Israeli-army tear gas as they cut through barbed wire on the Israel-Syria border, aiming for the occupied Golan Heights. Planes, Protests and Parachutes: The Best Pictures of the Week 2011-06-10T13:20:00Z This Hebrew people were mostly composed of rustics, living on their little properties, which they had cultivated with their own hands, as the Druzes do now. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Residents say that the majority of the Golan Heights’ Druze are split between those who support the government of President Assad and those who do not want to get involved. In the Golan Heights, Anxious Eyes Look East 2011-05-21T19:07:55Z In Lebanon's power sharing sectarian system the Shi'ite, Sunni, Druze and Christian leaders get to name their candidates for government positions. Lebanon steps up efforts to form government 2011-05-11T13:20:10Z Large demonstrations were also reported in the mainly Druze city of Suweida and in the country's second city Aleppo, already an established hotbed of resistance to the ruling Ba'ath Party. Why Syria's President Doesn't Like Fridays 2011-04-15T09:20:00Z Hours after the announcement that detainees would be released, a pro-democracy demonstration erupted in Sweida, Syria's Druze heartland, a witness said. Syria's Assad seeks to curb prayer protests 2011-04-14T23:49:31Z The Assads are part of the minority Alawite sect, believed to comprise no more than 10% of the Syrian population, most of which is Sunni but with significant Christian and Druze elements. The Arab Spring: Is This the Syrian Regime's Playbook? 2011-04-13T11:10:00Z At most, people here say, 10 percent of the Golan Druze openly identify with the protesters in Syria. In the Golan Heights, Anxious Eyes Look East 2011-05-21T19:07:55Z Druze supporters of Syrian President Assad protest in the village of Boqata in the Golan Heights Israel is watching the unrest in its northern neighbour Syria with concern. Israel on edge 2011-04-05T10:35:03Z The balance of 11 MPs belongs to a parliamentary bloc headed by Walid Jumblatt, a veteran politician and leader of Lebanon's small Druze community. Lebanon: Tensions Mount Over Hizballah Power Play 2011-01-24T08:05:00Z A collapse is more likely if their resignations are followed by others, such as the three ministers in Hariri’s camp allied with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, or the presidential nominees, he said. Hezbollah, Allies Quit Lebanon Cabinet Over UN’s Hariri Probe 2011-01-12T15:37:03Z Under the agreement finally reached in November, 15 ministers were appointed from the majority bloc made up of Mr Hariri's Sunni Muslim Future movement and its Maronite Christian and Druze allies. Lebanon 2010-11-26T16:32:09Z After a Druze soldier in the Syrian Army was killed in Homs, his relatives in Masada, another Golan village, held a memorial. In the Golan Heights, Anxious Eyes Look East 2011-05-21T19:07:55Z For Lebanon, divided as ever among Sunni, Shia, Christian and Druze, the main concern is the forthcoming decision of the international tribunal investigating the murder of former prime minister Rafik Hariri in 2005. The Enemy of My Enemy 2010-08-07T00:24:00Z Several Lebanese officials and Sunni and Druze clerics also took part in the funeral. Hundreds of thousands mourn Lebanese cleric Fadlallah 2010-07-06T13:57:00Z The statement, which described Jumblatt's overture as a "bold revision", said Nasrallah was acting as a mediator with the Syrian leadership based on a request by the Druze leader. Syria agrees to receive Druze leader: Hezbollah 2010-03-15T20:35:00Z Ahmed's kidneys, liver, heart and lungs were transplanted into Israeli citizens including Jews, Arabs and a Druze girl. 2010-01-28T10:18:00Z They live on the Lebanons and inland on the Druze mountains of the Hauran, and are a warlike independent race, of fine physique, and most polished, courteous manners. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It The Druze have a key presence in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. The 2008 CIA World Factbook Israel's withdrawal from its security zone in southern Lebanon in May of 2000, however, has emboldened some Lebanese Christians and Druze to demand that Syria withdraw its forces as well. The 2001 CIA World Factbook Israel's withdrawal from its security zone in southern Lebanon in May 2000, however, has emboldened some Lebanese Christians and Druze to demand that Syria withdraw its forces as well. The 2003 CIA World Factbook An Ain Zehaltian, when out of his village, if not a Druze, was set down at once as a Protestant. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Among the Druzes, divorce is even more common than it is among the true Mohammedans, and the state of morals is very low. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It He cursed the Consul and the Druzes indiscriminately. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Moreover, some of them, like the Druzes and the Nusayris, think that existence is restricted to this physical world. Some Answered Questions Israel's withdrawal from its security zone in southern Lebanon in May 2000, however, has emboldened some Lebanese Christians and Druze to demand that Syria withdraw its forces as well. The 2003 CIA World Factbook The Druzes were aroused to desperation, and thirty or forty Maronite and Greek villages were burned early in June. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Years ago an old Effendi was attending the examination in Miss Taylor's school for Mohammedan and Druze girls. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It It was that we should change the whole direction of our journey, turning aside into the mountain of the Druzes. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Mr. Bird and others spent the hot months of summer at Aaleih, a Druze village on Lebanon. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. She says, "The wife of a persecuted Druze is very anxious to learn to read, and she comes to our house every day to get instruction from Raheel." The Women of the Arabs The Druzes were now masters of Mount Lebanon south of the Damascus road, and there was no power left in that district to oppose them, save in the town of Zahleh. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Among the Druzes, the ladies of good family are secluded even more rigorously than in Mohammedan families. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It And, unless some deputation from the Druze community appeals to me, I should be ill-advised to interfere in its affairs. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 But the Druzes seized the mountain passes, and defeated every attempt to enter. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Mohammed had in his camp several thousand of the finest Arabian camels, and they were placed in a row behind his thousands of Arab and Druze horsemen. The Women of the Arabs Hardly had they returned to Sidon, when Hasbeiya was surrounded by hostile Druzes. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. The Druzes are an interesting, even fascinating people. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Nor was he one habitually, for he himself informed me that this loan to the Druze chieftain was his sole investment of the kind. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 It now entered into a correspondence with nearly all the principal Druze sheiks, who felt that they had, by their swords, won the right to schools. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. The number already received has reached very near five hundred, all Mohammedans, except five Jewish and fifteen Druze girls. The Women of the Arabs On the 11th the Druzes surrounded the palace, and the Turkish commander opened the gates, and allowed the Druzes to cut them in pieces. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. It is illustrated in the life of a Druze prince who married a girl of high family, beautiful and of a strong character and fine mind. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It I found the Druze chief prostrate with humiliation and bewilderment. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Druzes and members of the Greek Church made up the population, with some Greek Catholics, Moslems, and Jews. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. The event produced a profound impression, and Druzes and Moslems began to feel that a woman's life and honor were after all of some value. The Women of the Arabs Not without results have the children of the Druzes been taught in our schools during all these years, and so many conversations been held with adults of that sect. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. For the Druze had come many times, and no one had discovered the lovers, screened by masses of roses in the buttress-sheltered corner of the wall. Six Women There I found two letters waiting for me, one from the great Druze chief who sold to me my house and land. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 He also performed like services for the wounded Druzes. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. The Druzes joined him, and the Turks sent a small army against them. The Women of the Arabs The Druzes were prominent in these massacres, and so suffered greatly in character; yet the Turks were believed to have been the instigators. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. The slave disappeared with flying feet to catch up his wasted moments, but when the Turk turned to serve the silent Druze, he, too, had vanished, and some white-turbaned Arabs pressed forward in his place. Six Women Once more he cursed the Druzes and all Consuls. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Meanwhile Mr. Laurie had come safely from Beirût, attended by only two janissaries, and passing through hordes of the victorious Druzes. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. We have had ten Druze girls in our school in the upper house. The Women of the Arabs All the Greek and Papal Christians united against the Druzes, with the declared purpose of not leaving one of them on Lebanon, but they had miscalculated their power. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. "And you are the Druze child, Dilama?" he said gently, and leaning a little back from her, surveyed her intently with dark lustrous eyes. Six Women There thou shalt find a welcome far more hospitable than the Druze will give thee. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 In working out their policy, the Turks necessarily resorted to measures intended to place the Druzes in bitter antagonism to all the native Christians. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. The Druze religion teaches the people that it is right to lie to all except Druzes. The Women of the Arabs It was believed at Beirût, that the main object of the foreign Jesuits and native Catholic clergy was to exterminate the Protestants, who had their homes chiefly among the Druzes. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. A moment after the boughs overhead parted, and the lithe Druze dropped down noiselessly beside her. Six Women I had been summoned to the bedside of a friend of mine, a great Druze sheykh, now lying very ill, whose one wish was to gaze on me before he died. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 There was reason to believe, that this movement among the Druzes grew mainly out of their recent subjugation by the Egyptians, and their apprehension of a military conscription. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Lebanon, a Druze, named Hassan, murdered a Druze girl of his own village, supposing that Daûd Pasha would not interfere with the time-honored custom of killing girls! The Women of the Arabs In the country and gardens near that city, hundreds of unarmed men and defenseless women and children, many of whom had fled thither for their lives, were afterwards savagely butchered by Moslems and Druzes. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. But if you are hidden in a bale of goods on a camel in the caravan, who will suspect, who will know that the Druze has taken you? Six Women The Druzes were at war with many of the Bedu—probably with this man's tribe; at any rate, a Bedawi, unless disguised, would run grave risk among them while the war was on. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 The Patriarch now deemed himself strong enough to enter upon his project of crushing the Druzes. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. In March, 1856, a Druze girl near B'hamdûn married a man of her own choice, instead of marrying the man assigned to her by her family. The Women of the Arabs In his absence, the Druzes attacked Deir el-Komr on every side, and when Mr. Bird returned towards evening, he saw the town in flames, but could not enter. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. |
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