Syria is in a precarious place because it emerges from civil conflict and a protracted dictatorship. The just lately introduced removing of U.S. sanctions deliver hopes that the financial system may stabilize. One other problem is Syria’s inhabitants— it is among the most various nations within the Center East and with that comes competing calls for and priorities from numerous teams. NPR’s Jane Arraf takes us to southern Syria, close to the border with Israel and introduces us to one of many greatest minority teams, the Druze.
A Druze girl holds her child daughter on the shrine.
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Emily Garthwaite for NPR
A Druze girl holds her child daughter on the shrine.
Emily Garthwaite for NPR
