“Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed. It is a promise that is binding on him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfills his covenant better […]
‘A Covenant of Blood’ between Druze and Israel: Israel’s Just Battle to Protect the Druze
Just when you think the New York Times couldn’t sink any lower, after favorably showcasing and quoting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, along with his “warning” that “Israeli attacks threaten ‘chaos’ in Syria,” the Times went on to serve as his mouthpiece in reporting that al-Sharaa’s attacks on the Druze were based on the paranoia of […]
Netanyahu Urges Israeli Druze to Stay Home and Let IDF Protect Druze in Syria
Before the current ceasefire was announced, hundreds of Druze had crossed into Syria from Israel by mid-June, to fight to protect fellow Druze from attacks by the Sunni soldiers of the Syrian army, 200 of whom are now in the Druze stronghold of Suweida, and another thousand on the city’s outskirts. But those Druze could […]
What Should the Druze in Syria Do in the Long Run?
Many dozens of Druze have been fleeing the fighting in Suweyda and been crossing the border into Israel. And Israeli Druze have been urging the Israeli government to do more to oppose the Syrian regime that they blame for unleashing attacks on the Druze. More on what the Israeli Druze have been doing, and how […]
IDF Protects Syrian Druze From Syrian Government
The Druze are an ethno-religious people, belonging to an 11th century offshoot of Shi’a Islam, a people whom orthodox Muslims do not consider to be Muslims at all. They live in Israel, Syria, and Lebanon. Just now, the Druze have been fighting with the Bedouin Sunnis who live near them in the Druze stronghold of […]
Syria’ Kaleidoscope of Death
Since the overthrow of Bashar Assad and the ascension of Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, to become the new president of Syria, there have been a series of attacks on, or between, various ethnic and religious groups. Latakia, on the coast, is the stronghold and heartland of the Alawites who […]
Israelis and Druze Call on Jerusalem to Rescue the Druze in Syria
The Sunni Muslims in Syria apparently didn’t get the memo from the country’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, that was meant to assure the country’s minorities — the Alawites, the Kurds, the Christians, and the Druze — that they need not worry, for they will receive equal treatment with the majority Sunni Arabs. The Sunnis who killed […]
In Syria, Sunnis Attack Druze
Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former head of the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), who joined A-Qaeda in 2003, and fought for the terror group in Iraq for several years — and was imprisoned by the Americans between 2006 and 2011 — has tried to reassure the West that he has changed completely. He has put […]
Syria: Muslims murder six Druze after fake video circulates depicting Druze leader denouncing Muhammad
Shoot first, ask questions later. “At least 12 killed in militant attack on Druze suburb of Damascus,” by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, The National, April 29, 2025: At least 12 people have been killed in a militant attack on a Druze suburb of Damascus, in Syria’s latest outbreak of sectarian violence. Fifteen others were injured in […]
The Druze and What’s to Come in Syria
After the mass slaughter of Alawite civilians by forces sent to Latakia by the Sunni jihadists in Damascus, Syria’s jihadist President Ahmed al-Sharaa can forget about having American sanctions lifted. It won’t happen until his jihadist regime is toppled. He needs now to worry about the UN sending an international force to Latakia, to protect […]