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Attacks on the Druze by Islamist gunmen backing the new Syrian government have pushed some in the community to welcome ...
Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, ...
The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread mainly across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, ...
Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.
Nawaf Nasr, 78, sits at home in Syria's Sweida district and recalls details of what he says was his past life before he died ...
Instability has plagued Syria in the past two weeks after fighting broke out in two of Damascus’s suburbs and a southern governorate, drawing in government forces and non-state armed factions.
Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...
DAMASCUS, Syria — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri on Thursday harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he ...
A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the ...
Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...
Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, following ...