For more than a century, Druze soldiers and politicians have made their mark on today's Syria. They are still writing their own history, as the recent Suweida violence shows.

This Druze-dominated city that has been the scene of fierce fighting in recent days may be a single governorate, but it is home to myriad armed groups with sometimes conflicting agendas.

Analysis of Druze Israeli identity, the factors that shape it, and the reasons why recent Israeli laws may hinder or facilitate this minority's wider integration.

The 40th anniversary of the Mountain War – a fierce military confrontation between the Druze and Maronites, two founding groups of modern Lebanon – teaches us the importance of letting go of the past.

Now known as the Sweida Governorate, it has a unique history, steeped in resistance to empires and colonialists. This is its story of the mountain, dating back to a flight from the Levant.