Sectarian clashes in Syria: Are the Druze targeted as a community?

Israel's Druze Leader Urges International Protection for Syrian Minorities

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Speaking at a conference on Israeli security and the Druze in Akko on Monday, Sheikh Muafak Tarif, spiritual leader of Israel's Druze community called on the international community to protect Syrian minorities from radical Islamists. World News | Israel's Druze Leader Urges International Protection for Syrian Minorities.

Sectarian clashes in Syria: Are the Druze targeted as a community?

Who are the Middle East's Druze religious community?

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread mainly across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for centuries have sought to preserve a distinct identity.In Syria, Druze fighters recently clashed with forces loyal to the country's new Islamist rulers, highlighting the struggles they and other minority groups have faced with shifts in regional power dynamics."The Druze are a kind of an ultra-tribe which transcends …

Beirut, Lebanon. Druze form an influential minority in the Middle East, present in Israel, Lebanon and Syria. Recently, they engaged in deadly clashes with fighters linked to Syrian Islamist authorities. "The Druze are a supratribal community that transcends space and geography," explains Makram Rabah, professor of history at the American University of Beirut. The more than a million Druze in the Middle East "have played a very important role" i…

In the first phase: A humanitarian aid shipment arrived at the community as part of a civic initiative • "The aid is for our Druze brothers in southern Syria and stems from the values of the Druze religion"