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Archives: Druze
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Israeli plan for minorities slammed as bid to ‘divide and conquer’
By: Chloe Benoist | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A plan approved by Israel's cabinet last week to provide half a billion dollars worth of assistance to Israel's…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045850im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/أحرار-الشام-570x330-187x137.jpg)
How the Washington Post got Taken in by Syria’s Taliban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Making alliances of convenience is a perennial temptation in Washington, where policy-makers often have more ambition than ethics or common sense. Thus, the Washington Post just…![Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045850im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/why-defeating-isis-with-military2-187x137.jpg)
Why defeating ISIL/ Daesh with military might is starry eyed idealism
By David Alpher | (The Conversation) | - - Just this past weekend of July 4, US-led coalition aircraft targeted the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria. It was one of the…![Al-Qaeda in Syria rubs out 23 members of Druze Religious Minority, Persecutes Others](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045850im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/al-qaeda-in-syria-rubs-out-23-me-187x137.jpg)