As Syria’s civil war persists across the border, Israeli residents of the Golan Heights are anticipating the end of decades of relative calm. ALONEI HABASHAN, Israel (JTA) — A fence made of ...

Over half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel and the Golan ...

The Golan Heights is home to 24,000 Druze, an Arab minority who practice an offshoot of Islam and also live in Israel, ...

Announcement comes as Israeli politicians lambast Syrian transitional government for reported mass killings, urge European ...

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Druze from across the separation line would be allowed to enter the Golan Heights for work.

The Israeli military reiterated its stance on Tuesday, stating that they will not allow a military threat to emerge in ...

A group of around 100 senior figures from Syria's Druze are expected to visit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday, ...

The Syrian Druze were a minority in the Assad era who mostly kept to themselves, with some past positive history with Israel.

The visit comes as Israel says it is supporting the minority in a country now ruled by Islamists. But many Druze have ...

It's the first time in five decades that Druze leaders have crossed from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory to visit ...

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in ...

Nevertheless, a group of Druze from the Israeli-controlled Golan heights welcomed the Syrian Druze at the crossing point who waved the multi-colored flag of the religious minority, chanting in ...