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Topic: Druze

June 1, 2013
3:11 pm

2 Lebanese men jailed for collaborating with Israel

Bodyguard of pro-Iranian ex-minister given 15-year term for collaborating with Mossad; second detainee gets 20 years for detailing Hezbollah positions

By Yifa Yaakov

May 19, 2013
11:26 pm

Syrian rebels taking cover during fighting against government forces. (photo credit: AP/Local Council of Barzeh)

Hezbollah commander killed in assault on Syria border town

Fadi al-Jazzar believed to be former prisoner released by Israel in 2004 as part of swap with Hezbollah for soldier’s bodies

By Lazar Berman

May 19, 2013
7:42 pm

Assad, Hezbollah forces launch massive assault on key rebel town

Opposition sources report at least 30 dead as planes, tanks and Nasrallah’s troops join forces in long-anticipated offensive on Qusair

By Lazar Berman

March 31, 2013
6:48 am

A Druze man holds aloft a machete and a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally in the village of Majdal Shams marking Syrian Independence Day, April 17, 2012 (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)

Hundreds of Israeli Druze said anxious to join the fight against rebels in Syria

IDF veterans in the community determined to defend their coreligionists against al-Qaeda-affiliated rebels, Maariv reports

By Times of Israel staff

March 31, 2013
2:52 am

Syria: divided we stand

Why push for a united Syria, which is sure to be Islamist, when minority self-rule would bolster peace and security?

By Lawrence Solomon

March 8, 2013
12:17 am

In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 photo, Syrian citizens walk in front of a church that was shelled by mortars, at the Christian village of Judeida, in Idlib province, Syria (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Civil war leaves Syrian minorities with no clear options

As Assad’s regime battles a rebellion, the old order that governed relations between the country’s myriad sects and ethnicities is fraying

By Steve Negus

March 3, 2013
9:41 am

Illustrative photo of apples at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem (photo credit: Oren Fixler/Flash90)

Israel to renew apple exports to Syria

Thousands of tons of produce from the Golan Heights will cross the border this week, despite the war raging on the other side

By Stuart Winer

February 18, 2013
9:39 pm

Some of the artifacts seized in an Israel Antiquities Authority raid in northern Israel (photo credit: Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Ancient artifacts found in raid on private home

The Israel Antiquities Authority says a tip led to the seizure of hundreds of looted items in northern Israel

By Matti Friedman

February 17, 2013
8:23 pm

Druze community leaders in northern Israel (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Syrian Druze call on community members to defect from army

Leaders also tell coreligionists living on the Golan Heights to keep noses out of Syria’s business

By Elhanan Miller

February 11, 2013
9:48 am

A Free Syrian Army fighter sits behind an anti-aircraft weapon in Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP/Abdullah al-Yassin)

Iran reportedly setting up loyal militias in Syria

Islamic Republic said to be preparing for a post-Assad era even as it supports the Syrian government in the civil war

By Gabe Fisher

January 24, 2013
7:57 pm

Voting envelopes for the general elections for the 19th parliament on January 22, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Suspicious voting station to face probe

Head of elections committee files complaint with police after northern town polling center records a 130% voter turnout

By Stuart Winer

December 27, 2012
11:03 am

In this image made from video broadcast on Al Arabiya TV late Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Syrian Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal says he is joining 'the people's revolution.'(photo credit: AP/Al Arabiya)

‘The enemy of defectors’ defects

Move shocks Syrian establishment; Israel’s Education Ministry accused of driving wedge between Druze and other Arabs

By Michael Bassin

November 10, 2012
5:39 pm

A Muslim Israeli struggles with his identity after enlisting in the IDF in new documentary "Ameer Got a Gun." (Photo credit: Courtesy of Black Sheep Film Productions)

His deep, dark secret: He’s Arab, Muslim and serves in the IDF

New film looks at the tiniest of Israel’s minorities — Muslim Arabs who voluntarily enlist

By Jordan Hoffman

October 30, 2012
11:16 pm

Labor party Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Labor reduces minorities on election slate, adds spots for women

From the web Shelly Yachimovich calls move party’s most democratic option; opponents accuse her of changing rules during play

October 15, 2012
3:40 am

An undated photo of Majdi Halabi (AP/IDF)

Man who discovered missing soldier’s remains now seeks cash reward

Group that offered $10 million for information on Majdi Halabi has since shut down

By Yoel Goldman

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