Spiritual leader of Israeli Druze to ask Russian aid in locating missing Druze women.
By HAGAY HACOHEN, JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: FEBRUARY 26, 2020 15:10IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen.Gadi Eisenkot and Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif, August 18 2018(photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)
Spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel Moafaq Tarif is to meet Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian diplomat overseeing Russian policy in the Middle East, on Tuesday.Tarif is expected to ask Bogdanov for Russian aid in rescuing 30 Druze women who were last reported as held captive by ISIS in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor with their children.
