Druze, Syria and Golan Heights

Dozens of Syrian Druze make a rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Over half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. 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 the United States, with the rest of the world considering it occupied Syrian territory.
Katz says Israel will soon allow Syrian Druze to enter Israel for work in the Golan Heights
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Israel says it will let Syrian Druze workers cross into Golan Heights
The Golan Heights is home to 24,000 Druze, an Arab minority who practice an offshoot of Islam and also live in Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
Three buses carrying Druze from Syria cross into Israeli-controlled area of the Golan Heights
The visit comes as Israel says it is supporting the minority in a country now ruled by Islamists. But many Druze have rejected its overtures, and critics accuse Israel of trying to weaken and divide Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
Syrian Druze cross armistice line for pilgrimage to Israel
Dozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's first pilgrimage to a revered shrine since Israel's creation in 1948. On board three buses escorted by Israeli military vehicles,
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Group of Senior Syrian Druze Expected to Visit Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights
Group of Senior Syrian Druze Expected to Visit Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A group of around 100 senior figures from Syria's Druze are expected to visit the Israeli ...
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Israel to ‘Soon’ Allow Syrian Druze to Work in Golan, Defense Minister Says
The Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on Feb. 1, 2024. Israel is preparing to “soon” allow Syrian Druze to work in the Golan Heights, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on ...
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Syrian Druze allowed to enter Israel, work in Golan Heights, Katz confirms
Druze from villages in northern Israel seen in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, April 17, 2023 (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) Defense Minister Israel Katz on ...