Dozens of clerics and others from Syria's minority Druze community have crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan ...
It's the first time in five decades that Druze leaders have crossed from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory to visit ...
Announcement comes as Israeli politicians lambast Syrian transitional government for reported mass killings, urge European ...
The visit comes as Israel says it is supporting the minority in a country now ruled by Islamists. But many Druze have ...
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Al-Monitor on MSNSyrian Druze cross armistice line for pilgrimage to IsraelDozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's ...
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Druze from across the separation line would be allowed to enter the Golan Heights for work.
The Golan Heights is home to 24,000 Druze, an Arab minority who practice an offshoot of Islam and also live in Israel, ...
A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 ...
The Syrian Druze were a minority in the Assad era who mostly kept to themselves, with some past positive history with Israel.
Although Israeli citizenship is open for the Druze of the Golan Heights, most have opted not to take it, though they have residency rights. Some families are split apart by what is known as the ...
Over half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel and the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau seized from Syria by Israel in the 1967 Mideast ...
Dozens of Syrian Druze Make a Rare Visit to Israeli-Controlled Golan Heights MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community crossed into ...
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