With Damascus’s Knowledge and Tel Aviv’s Approval: Syrian Druze Delegation Set to Visit Prophet Shu‘ayb Shrine - The Syrian Observer

With Damascus’s Knowledge and Tel Aviv’s Approval: Syrian Druze Delegation Set to Visit Prophet Shu‘ayb Shrine - The Syrian Observer

A large religious delegation from Syria’s Druze community is preparing to travel on Friday to the Shrine of Prophet Shu‘ayb in Israel’s Galilee region, where they will participate in the annual commemoration of the sacred site, held each year on April 25. According to sources cited by Suwayda 24, the delegation includes approximately 680 clerics—around 150 from Suwayda Governorate and hundreds more from Mount Hermon and the Damascus countryside—…

Syria: 600 Druze to make overnight visit to Israel in pilgrimage

Hundreds of Syrian Druze could make an overnight visit to a shrine in Israel this week, after a similar trip by religious leaders last month sparked controversy in Syria. As many as 600 religious leaders could take part in the pilgrimage to the tomb of Nabi Shuaib for the festival of Ziyara, which is observed annually between 25 and 28 April. Damascus has no relations with Israel, and there have been added tensions over recent Israeli incursions…

Syria.. Druze factions block roads leading to the city of Sweida following the killing of two Druze by unknown assailants. Video: Druze factions block roads leading to the city of Sweida https://t.co/YIIKjJmca6 pic.twitter.com/hUJo7MOR4E — Cedar News (@cedar_news) April 25, 2025

Hundreds of Syrian Druze clerics head to Israel on pilgrimage

Hundreds of clerics from Syria’s Druze minority on Friday are heading to Israel where they will conduct a pilgrimage to a sacred shrine, the second such visit since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. The clerics from the esoteric, monotheistic faith, are to cross the border on foot, according to a Syrian official and a local news organisation, despite Israel and Syria being technically at war. The delegation will visit the Nabi Shuaib shri…

Police reportedly escorted the sheikhs from Syria to the Prophet compound near Bar Hittim

Hundreds of Druze from Syria go to Israel on Friday for a religious pilgrimage, despite the state of war between the two countries, for the second time since the fall of the Bachar regime...