Druze, Syria and Israel

First Druze crossing in 50 years as Israel courts allies in Syria
It's the first time in five decades that Druze leaders have crossed from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory to visit Druze religious sites and communities here. The buffer zo
Israel says 10,000 aid packages sent to Syrian Druze, part of ‘minority alliance’
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Syrians wanting to join Israel: Listen to the Druze seeking freedom from government
A very unusual meeting took place in early December in a Druze town in southwestern Syria near the Israeli border on the Golan Heights. A few hundred residents from several local villages gathered
Israel to Allow Work Permits for Syrian Druze This Month
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had instructed the IDF to “prepare to defend” the Druze suburb of Jaramana on the outskirts of Damascus.
Druze Religious Elders From Syria Make Historic Visit to Israel
A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel's backing for the community amid growing tensions with the new government in Damascus.
Syrian Druze cross armistice line for pilgrimage to Israel
Dozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's first pilgrimage to a revered shrine since Israel's creation in
Syrian Druze clerics head to Israel for first pilgrimage
A delegation of Syrian Druze clerics headed to Israel on Friday, marking the first such visit since Israel’s creation in 1948. The pilgrimage, organised at the invitation of the Druze community in Israel,
Israeli Druze Prepare for First Visit by Syrian Druze in Decades
Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif said the visit by around 100 Syrian Druze religious elders on Friday would be the first to Israel in some 50 years, when a group came in the immediate aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur war between Israel,
IDF raids West Bank terror hotspots, arrest infiltrators from Jordan
Nabi Shu'ayb was an ancient Medinite prophet, and the most revered prophet in the Druze faith. Because Shu'ayb is often ...
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Oft-overlooked Druze see new NIS 3.9 billion plan as step to address old grievances
After a Haifa stabbing attack mislabeled as terrorism sent fear through the close-knit Druze community last week, Sunday's ...
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Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or accept IDF presence
Instead of merely reacting to developments, we now see an Israel that actively shapes events," Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak tells JNS.The post Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or ...
Israel at war: What happend on day 523?
IAF strikes terrorists in Gaza • One hundred Druze sheikhs to be allowed into Israel from Syria to visit shrine ...
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Atop Mt. Hermon, Katz says Syrian leader will see indefinite IDF deployment
ToI tours IDF's highest army post in Syria, overlooking Damascus and Hezbollah's Beqaa Valley stronghold in Lebanon; Syrian ...
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Netanyahu and Katz order IDF to protect Druze village in Syria
"If the regime harms the Druze - it will be harmed by us." In accordance with Netanyahu and Katz's instruction, the IDF was instructed to send a harsh warning message to the Syrian regime ...
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Israeli defense chief assesses military readiness along Israel’s border with Syria
Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, the new chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), visited Israel’s border ...
Israeli fighter jets fly low over Syria in 'message' to Sharaa on Druze - N12
Another aim of the air display was to drive interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's forces away from the Druze areas of Syria, ...