The Bedouins are traditionally nomadic, Arabic-speaking tribes who have inhabited the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa for centuries.

Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious ...

Damascus’s new rulers may be unwilling or unable to protect Syria’s minorities, and calls have arisen to carve sovereign ...

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Protection rackets are starting to be addressed - evidenced by the intensified involvement of the Lahav 433 unit in the Negev and legislative amendments that have passed.

“The Bedouins don’t want trouble — since 1967 [when Israel captured the West Bank in the Six Day War] we haven’t caused any problems. We just want to live. We have no problem with Israel.

Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with ...