Photojournal: Druze festival in the Golan Heights

The BBC’s Martin Asser visited the Golan Heights for an unusual festival celebrating an uprising against French rule in the 1920s by Syrian Druze.

Three Syrian Druze on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights look over towards the viewing platform on the Syrian side.

Mustapha on the left is hoping to speak to his brother Salama over the PA system but there are technical problems. Salama is studying in Damascus and can only travel back home once a year.