How to Use Druze in a Sentence

Druze

noun
  • In fact, many Druze in the region oppose the idea of a Druze state.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
  • So far, with the Druze, those efforts have been unsuccessful.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
  • He is taken in by Omar (17) and his family, who are from the Druze faith.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The question of the Druze remains, however.
    — Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This call is based on unverified reports of Druze killing Bedouin civilians.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Alawites, Christians, Sunnis and Druze cannot trust these factions.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • State security forces tried to impose their authority, but in the process killed scores of Druze.
    — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 21 July 2025
  • The Druze straddled a fine line throughout the war, seeking, not always successfully, to be left on their own.
    — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 21 July 2025
  • But the Lebanese army is a mix of Christians, Druze, Sunnis and Shiites.
    — Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The Druze are an Arab minority who practice an offshoot of Islam.
    — Maayan Lubell, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
  • Iran’s image improved the most among Druze (nine points), followed by Christians (five points) and Sunnis (four points).
    — Maryclare Roche, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2024
  • Many Lebanese Druze had expected their leaders to use their external influence to shield their kin across the border.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The Saraya family are Druze, the largest ethnic group in the city but a minority in Syria.
    — ABC News, 22 July 2025
  • Attitudes are hardening among the Druze, who have mostly refused to hand over their heavy weapons to Damascus.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
  • Still, cross-border solidarity among Druze has remained strong – and often resurfaced in times of crisis.
    — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 21 July 2025
  • That, in turn, triggered Israeli airstrikes, with Israel citing a commitment to protect the Druze.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • While some Druze chose to align themselves with either side of the civil conflict, most have avoided doing so, and many have refused to enlist in Assad’s army.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Druze do not equate religious freedom and autonomy with independence.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The Druze religion, which grew out of Shiite Islam and has its own unique beliefs and practices, is considered heretical.
    — Hadeel Oueis, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Within Syria, many Druze live in the south of the country, parts of which Israel declared a buffer zone after Assad’s fall.
    — Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Israel appears to be exploiting the conflict to carve out a de facto zone of control in southern Syria, where the Druze are concentrated.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
  • Hochstein expressed concern about the situation to Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 July 2024
  • In July, Israel carried out heavy airstrikes against government forces in support of the Syrian Druze.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The conflict centered on control of the southern regions of the mountain – historically known as the Druze Country.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The group included Jewish, Druze, Muslim and Christian children.
    — Amelie Botbol, Sun Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
  • About a million-strong, the global Druze community is largely spread across Israel, Lebanon and Syria.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The body was identified as Tiran Fero, a member of the Druze Arabic-speaking minority and a senior in high school.
    — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Later that day, the Syrian government reached a ceasefire agreement with the Druze in Sweida, which collapsed soon after.
    — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 21 July 2025
  • Sectarian attacks by pro-government Sunni fighters have killed hundreds of Alawites and Druze over the past year.
    — ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Tribal fighters targeted almost every home in 35 villages in the province that were mixed or Druze-majority.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026

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