Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel and the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau seized from Syria by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel’s 1981 annexation of the area is recognized only by ...

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 ...

Tel Aviv hopes to leverage the martial reputation of the Druze to be a buffer against Iran-backed militias on its northern ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday that Israel's actions in the Golan Heights violate the ... "This is the current approach of the White House -- at times provocative ...

Israel Says It Will Let Syrian Druze Workers Cross Into Golan Heights JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Defence Ministry said on Sunday it would let Syrian Druze workers enter the Israeli-occupied ...

The same day that Assad was ousted in Syria, Israel sent its troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the strategic Golan Heights, where it maintains a ...

This week, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Druze from across the separation line would be allowed to enter the Golan Heights for work. Israeli soldiers seen in the buffer zone which separates ...

A very unusual meeting took place in early December in a Druze town in southwestern Syria near the Israeli border on the Golan Heights ... that might take our homes. We are with those that ...

Israeli soldiers stand atop an armored personnel carrier in the buffer zone which separates the Israeli-annexed Golan ... houses of worship and holy places. In contrast to Syria, Druze in Israel ...

JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Israel's Defence Ministry said on Sunday it would let Syrian Druze workers enter the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syrian territory, without saying when the ...