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Who are the Middle East’s Druze minority?

In Syria, Druze fighters have clashed both with neighbouring Bedouin tribes and with forces loyal to the Islamist government, as they have struggled to find their place in the new order ushered in by the December overthrow of longtime president Bashar al-Assad. FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Leela Jacinto takes a look at the Druze’s role and influence in Middle East geopolitics.

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