The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...

Since 1043, the Druze religion has been closed to new converts. Today’s Druze population numbers just 1 million globally, ...

The Druze established strongholds in the mountainous areas of the region that includes Lebanon and Syria, where they continued to practice their faith in relative isolation over the generations.

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for ...

One of the largest minority groups in Syria, the Druze have been the focus of a recent outbreak of violence.

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The Druze religion holds that reincarnation is a path to spiritual purification. SWEIDA, Syria — Nawaf Nasr, 78, holds a creased black-and-white photo showing what he believes is himself in a ...

SWEIDA, Syria — Nawaf Nasr, 78, holds a creased black-and-white photo showing what he believes is himself in a previous life. The image, from the 1940s, shows a serious-looking young man wearing an ...

The Druze religion holds that reincarnation is a path to spiritual purification. SWEIDA, Syria — Nawaf Nasr, 78, holds a creased black-and-white photo showing what he believes is himself in a ...