First Druze crossing in 50 years as Israel courts allies in Syria
Early on Friday morning, a group of Syrian men crossed into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights through a UN-monitored buffer zone. With no diplomatic relations between Syria and Israel, Syrians crossing here would normally risk being shot or arrested.
Druze Religious Elders From Syria Make Historic Visit to Israel
People gather on the day Israeli Druze leader Sheik Mowafaq Tarif and around 100 Syrian Druze religious elders, in the first Druze delegation from Syria just after 1973 war, visit the Nabi Shuayb Shrine, a holy place for the Druze community, in northern Israel March 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Israel is rethinking its Syria strategy following the country's Islamist takeover in December, rising attacks on minorities ...
The visit comes as Israel says it is supporting the minority in a country now ruled by Islamists. But many Druze have ...
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...
The Israeli army has established two military posts on the top of Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh) in the occupied Syrian Golan ...
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