Druze, Syria and Israel

Israel sends aid to Druze in Syria, foreign ministry says
Israel has sent humanitarian aid to Druze communities in its neighbour Syria over the past few weeks, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, in a further sign of backing for the minority group. Israel has been urging support for the Druze following the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December and his replacement by the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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
One hundred Druze sheikhs to be allowed into Israel from Syria to visit shrine
Defense Minister Israel Katz has approved the entry of over a hundred Druze sheikhs from Syria into Israel to visit the Nabi Shu'ayb shrine near Tiberias, Walla learned on Thursday. Nabi Shu'ayb was an ancient Medinite prophet,
Israel sends humanitarian aid to Druze in Syria, foreign ministry says
Israel has sent humanitarian aid to Druze communities in Syria over the past few weeks, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, in a further sign of Israel's support for the minority group. "In an operation conducted over the past few weeks,
Aid or division attempt? Israel sends food to Syria’s Druze
Israel says it has sent 10,000 packages of food aid to Syria’s Druze, as it seeks to forge ties with the minority to shape the country’s troubled transition from civil war.The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the operation was conducted in recent weeks in coordination with local Druze leaders,
Israel says 10,000 aid packages sent to Syrian Druze, part of ‘minority alliance’
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Israeli Druze prepare for first visit by Syrian Druze in decades
The head of the Druze community in Israel on Thursday hailed plans for the first visit by a Druze religious delegation from Syria in five decades, despite escalating cross-border tensions underscored by an Israeli airstrike on Damascus.
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Documents Unearthed After Assad’s Fall Show Syrian Spy Agency Reacting to Israel’s Pager Attack on Hezbollah
As pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in Lebanon, Syrian security forces were directed to keep communication devices away ...
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The Monkey’s Tail: How Netanyahu’s Ambitions Expose Israel’s Vulnerabilities
"The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail," warns a timeless Chinese proverb. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Syria's Four Wars Explained 14 Years On
Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.
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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 ...
Middle East latest: UN-backed experts accuse Israel of sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza
Israel’s mission to the U.N. in Geneva rejected the allegations and accused the The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied ...
Exclusive: Israel lobbies US to keep Russian bases in a 'weak' Syria, sources say
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Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
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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 ...
Video Shows Fireball as Israel Strikes Syrian Capital
Israel's armed forces have released a video showing a fireball and billowing smoke from an air strike they said targeted a command center of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group in the Syrian ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
JARAMANA, Syria — Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s ...