The Druze State: Another Consequence of the Middle East Crisis

..., which emerged in the result of a compromise of various ethnic and religious groups, including the Druze. Accordingly, Moscow needed “parallel” contacts with the leaders of local groups. It is noteworthy that the leaders of the Lebanese Druze come to Russia often enough. However, there is no unity among them on Russia’s role in the Middle East. For example, Walid Jumblatt speculates on the issue that the United States and Russia “ have secretly agreed on his future ”. In January ...