Jabal al-Druze (,
Mountain of the Druze), officially
Jabal al-Arab (Arabic:
جبل العرب,
Mountain of the Arabs), is an elevated volcanic region in the
As-Suwayda Governorate of southern
Syria. Most of the inhabitants of this region are Arab
Druze, and there are also small Muslim and
Christian communities.
Safaitic inscriptions were first found in this area. The
State of Jabal Druze was an autonomous area in the
French Mandate of Syria from 1921 to 1936. In the past, the name Jabal al-Druze was used for a different area, located in
Mount Lebanon.