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The Druze community is primarily located in the rural and mountainous regions to the east and south of Beirut. [165] They represent approximately 5.2 percent of Lebanon's population and are spread across 136 villages in areas such as Hasbaya, Rashaya, Chouf, Aley, Marjeyoun and Beirut.
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.
Yanuh and Jat were among several Druze villages located in the military zone of Arab Liberation Army (ALA) of Fawzi al-Qawuqji. [60] Josh Palmon was tasked by the Jewish Agency for Israel to manage the relationship with the Druze. He initially led a preventive approach with the Druze, aimed at making sure the Druze will not join the Arab Higher ...
The State of Jabal Druze was an autonomous area in the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon from 1921 to 1936. [4] [5] In the past, the name Jabal al-Druze was used for a different area, located in Mount Lebanon. [citation needed] In Syria, most Druze reside in the As-Suwayda Governorate, which
The Druze are concentrated in the rural, mountainous areas east and south of Beirut. [2] The Lebanese Druze are estimated to constitute 5.2 percent of Lebanon's population. [2] They live in 136 villages in Hasbaya, Rashaya, Chouf, Aley, Marjeyoun and Beirut, [51] and they constitute the majority of the population Aley, Baakleen, Hasbaya and ...
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.
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.
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.