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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Druze Al-Muwaḥḥidūn الموحدون Druze star and Druze flag Total population ≈800,000 –2,000,000 Founder Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad Regions with significant populations Syria 600,000 Lebanon 250,000 [8] Israel and the Golan Heights 143,000 [9] Venezuela 60,000 [10] [11] United States ...
Druze is the third-largest religion in Syria with 2010 results recording that their adherents made up 3.2 percent of the population. [2] [3] The Druze are concentrated in the rural, mountainous areas east and south of Damascus in the area of Mount Druze.
Jabal al-Druze (Arabic: جبل الدروز, romanized: jabal al-durūz, lit. 'Mountain of the Druze'), is an elevated volcanic region in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria . [ 1 ] Most of the inhabitants of this region are Druze , and there are also significant Christian communities.
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Jabal al-Druze was home to about 50,000 Druze. [1] [2] It was the first, and remains the only, autonomous entity to be populated and governed by Druze. The 1925 Syrian Revolution began in Jabal al-Druze under the leadership of Sultan al-Atrash, and quickly spread to Damascus and other non-Druze areas outside the Jabal al-Druze region.
The Israeli military said the victims were struck by an Iranian-made rocket carrying a 50-kilogram warhead that was fired by Lebanese Hezbollah group at a soccer field in the Druze Arab town.
The Druze shrine of "Sayyidna al-Masih" (Our Lord Jesus), one of the most important religious sites for the Druze, is located on a high mountain peak in the Al-Bajjah area of As-Suwayda Governorate. According to Druze tradition, Jesus sought sanctuary on this summit and held a clandestine meeting with his disciples there. [151]
Outside the Golan, some 130,000 Israeli Druze live in the Carmel and Galilee in Israel’s north. In contrast to other minority communities within Israel’s borders, many are fiercely patriotic.