Sheikh Mowafaq Ṭarīf, is the qadi, or judge, the spiritual leader of the Druze people living within the state of Israel and ...

AL-SHOUFI: (Non-English language spoken). ARRAF: "We ask the free world led by the United States, and we ask Israel, to defend the entire Druze nation against any extremist attack," he says.

AL-SHOUFI: (Non-English language spoken). ARRAF: "We ask the free world led by the United States, and we ask Israel, to defend the entire Druze nation against any extremist attack," he says.

JARAMANA, Syria (AP) — Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s powerhouses. They are now trying again to navigate a new ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and ...

The Druze are a key religious minority in Syria. They comprise only 3% of the country's population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim, but their fierce independence and militia control of their ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...