Hundreds of clerics from Syria's Druze minority are heading to Israel to conduct a pilgrimage to a sacred shrine, marking the second such visit since Bashar Assad's ouster. The delegation will visit the Nabi Shuaib shrine in north Israel's Galilee region. The trip is purely religious in nature and has received approval from Israeli authorities. The Druze are mainly divided between Syria, Israel, and Lebanon, and account for about three percent of Syria's population.

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