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The Druze are a religious sect. Here’s a look at their beliefs and history
The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no ...
Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed
After days of bloodshed in Syria's Druze city of Sweida, survivors emerged to collect and bury the scores of dead found ...
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Monitor: Deaths from violence in Syria's Druze bastion surge to 940
Around 940 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in week-long violence in Syria's Druze-majority province of Sweida, a ...
Syrian Druze writer calls what’s happening in southern Syria ‘chaos killings’
As a fragile ceasefire holds in southern Syria following deadly clashes, a Syrian Druze writer in exile Sarah Hunaidi tells ...
'There were bodies everywhere': Druze residents describe 'bloodbath' in Syrian city Suweida
One woman tells the BBC she cowered in her home waiting for gunmen to enter and "decide whether we should live or die".
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Syria forces deploy in Druze heartland after US brokers deal with Israel
Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further ...
The Druze: An insular faith, facing a fractured Middle East
At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity ...
Canadian Druze community asks for humanitarian corridor into Jordan amid violence in Syria
More than 100 demonstrators from Canada's Druze community gathered on Parliament Hill on Friday afternoon, asking for the ...