More than 20,000 Druze live in the Golan Heights. Most of them identify as Syrian and rejected an offer of Israeli citizenship when Israel seized the region in 1967.

More than 20,000 Druze live in the Golan Heights. Most of them identify as Syrian and rejected an offer of Israeli citizenship when Israel seized the region in 1967.

And when Israel captured the Golan Heights after the 1967 war here, the Druze community became separated between Israel and Syria. Historically, the Druze philosophy has been to try to live at ...

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.

More than 20,000 Druze live in the Golan Heights. Most of them identify as Syrian and rejected an offer of Israeli citizenship when Israel seized the region in 1967.

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.

And when Israel captured the Golan Heights after the 1967 war here, ... You're - I said you're in the north of Israel right now. You're talking to people from the Druze community. AL-SHALCHI: Yeah.

And when Israel captured the Golan Heights after the 1967 war here, ... You're - I said you're in the north of Israel right now. You're talking to people from the Druze community. AL-SHALCHI: Yeah.

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.