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October 3, 2023

Syria’s Druze Uprising, and What It Means for the Region

After twelve years, the dam has broken.

When the Arab Spring came to Syria in 2011, the Druze for the most part remained loyal to the regime—which has generally depended on the support of religious minorities such as the Druze and thus afforded them a modicum of protection. But in the past several weeks that has changed, with sustained anti-government protests in the Druze-dominated southwestern province of Suwayda. Ehud Yaari evaluates the implications of this shift:

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October 3, 2023

  1. Syria’s Druze Uprising, and What It Means for the Region

    After twelve years, the dam has broken.

  2. Tel Aviv’s Yom Kippur Disturbance and Israel’s Strained Social Fabric

    Losing the ability to compromise.

  3. Learning the Right Lessons from the Iraq War

    “Contrary to popular imagination, this was no neoconservative cabal.”

  4. A New Film Explores the American Sabbath

    Judaism’s revolutionary contribution.

  5. Silver Torah Finials, and the 18th-Century Artist Who Made Them

    The only Jewish silversmith in England.