The Arabic-speaking Druze community's unique position creates tensions as Israel ramps up military action to protect Druze populations facing violence in Syria.
(Reuters) -Violence in Syria pitting the Islamist-led government against members of the Druze community has put a spotlight on the small but influential minority. Straddling Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Druze occupy a special niche in the region's comple…
By Mostafa Salem, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the center of rising tensions with Israel.
