MENA Minorities

Bellow you find some citations of myself from this summer, mostly in regard to the crucial attack on the Druze population of Suwaida' by ISIS which took place on July 25. Remember that about 30 woman and children are still hold captive by ISIS and no one seems to care. Syria's Druze minority: walking a war-time tightrope , Agence France Press (...) Syria's Druze have been split by the uprising that erupted in 2011 against President Bashar al-Assad, who had long portrayed himself as a protector of the country's minorities. Druze should not be seen "as being neutral in this war -- it's more multifaceted and the Druze are not a monolithic bloc," said Tobias Lang, an analyst focused on Druze populations in the Middle East. One of the first soldiers to defect from Syria's army in protest at its handling of demonstrations was Druze officer Khaldun Zeineddine, who later died in clashes against regime forces. Others remained firmly loyal, like Gene...