Druze, Syria and Israel

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.
Israel says 10,000 aid packages sent to Syrian Druze, part of ‘minority alliance’
Israel sent 10,000 food packages to Druze in Syria in recent weeks, the Foreign Ministry says.Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who is credited by his office with initiating the effort, says the packages are part of a pact between minority communities in the Middle East.
Israel Says It Will Let Syrian Druze Workers Cross Into Golan Heights
The Golan Heights is home to 24,000 Druze, an Arab minority who practice an offshoot of Islam and also live in Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Israel captured most of the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in 1981. The U.S. views it as Israeli territory, but most countries classify it as occupied.
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 sent humanitarian aid to the Syrian Druze
Israel has sent humanitarian aid to Druze communities in Syria in recent weeks, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said today, a further indication of its support for the minority group.
Katz says Israel will soon allow Syrian Druze to work in the Golan Heights
Announcement comes as Israeli politicians lambast Syrian transitional government for reported mass killings, urge European states to 'wake up' and stop granting regime legitimacy
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,
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,
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,
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
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Former head of Israeli military intelligence welcomes 'chaos' in Syria
Tamir Hayman said infighting between Syrian factions was beneficial, but added Israel must remain silent on the matter ...
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Syrian Druze plan first Israel pilgrimage: source close to delegation
BEIRUT, Lebanon - A delegation of Syrian Druze clerics is planning to visit a pilgrimage site in Israel on Friday for the first time since Israel's creation in 1948, a source close to the group said.
Druze seek a place in a changing Syria, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
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Israel threatens new Syrian president and confirms strike on Damascus
Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, as its defence minister threatened Syria's ...
‘Syria can be Israel’s best friend in the region,’ says Syrian scholar in exile - interview
"Assad and Al-Sharaa are both enemy regimes," says Sheikh Abdallah Al-Tamimi, a Syrian scholar and peace activist who has ...
Syria’s interim president secures agreement with Druze and Kurds
Syria ’s interim president Ahmed Al-Sharaa reached an agreement on Tuesday with leaders of the minority Druze community to integrate their home province of Suweyda into state institutions.