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Syria’s largely secular Druze community drawn into sectarian conflict
Clashes in Damascus suburb were triggered by recording alleged to be of a Druze cleric insulting Prophet Muhammad ...
Syrian Druze community pleas for int'l assistance as sectarian violence continues
"We no longer trust the body that calls itself a government," Hakmat Al-Hajeri, a leader in Syria’s Druze community, said.
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Syria Druze leader condemns 'genocidal campaign' against community
Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday condemned what he described as a "genocidal campaign" ...
Israel launches attack in Syria to protect Druze minority
Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...
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Who are the Druze, the secretive Syrian Muslim sect dragged into conflict amid regime change and Israeli attacks?
Syria’s small Druze community largely kept out of the country’s long civil war but since president Bashar al-Assad’s ouster ...
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Clashes erupt between Druze militias and pro-government forces in Syria
Sectarian tensions are flaring again in Syria after a series of clashes first erupted in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, a ...
Dozens Killed in Syria After Alleged Insult to Prophet Muhammad
Armed clashes with government forces have escalated complicating Syrian president hopes for international legitimacy ...
Al-Monitor on MSN9h
Druze take up arms against Islamists in Syria
JARAMANA, Syria - Syrian estate agent Fahd Haidar shuttered his business and got out his rifle to defend his hometown of ...