ISIS-linked terrorists stormed the Druze-majority city of Suwayda, launching gunfights and suicide bombings that claimed the lives of at least 258 people, most of them civilians.
An estimated 700,000-800,000 Druze live in Syria, mostly in southwestern areas near Israel and Jordan. They make up around four percent of the Syrian population.
There are also Druze communities in Syria and Lebanon. Referencing the history of Druze IDF service, Education Ministry Yoav Kisch, in announcing the program, said, “The blood alliance with our ...