The Druze State: Another Consequence of the Middle East Crisis

... the event of a possible downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Flickr / K. Aksoy Jordan has specific plans for the Druze too: by rendering then aid, it aims for creating a “security buffer,” should united Syria disintegrate (). The Druze amidst the Arab Spring development and the Islamic State activity in the region The process of establishing the Islamic State, which can be regarded as a stage of the Arab Spring development, compels the opposing forces, including the Druze, to consolidate. In Lebanon, they form self-defense squads....