Clashes at the end of April between local militias and Sunni fighters aligned with the new central authority have fueled this ...

The Druze community in the Middle East is split between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and a small community in Jordan. They have played an influential role across these countries – in Syria, one of the ...

On May 29, an Israeli security official stated that Israel will not intervene militarily in support of any group in Syria.

Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim ...

While in Abu Dhabi, former minister Ayoob Kara discussed Israeli normalization with Iraq, the situation in Syria, and the ...

SWEIDA, Syria — Nervous Druze militiamen at checkpoints in southern Syria craned their necks in recent days to look inside stopped vehicles, sizing up drivers and bracing for new threats.

The backdrop is a black stone house in Sweida province, the homeland of southern Syria's Druze religious minority. Sweida, built around a volcanic mountain, has been inhabited for thousands of ...

Timothy Wainwright's volunteer program, Operation Fire Support, has helped safeguard strategic agricultural infrastructure ...

Dozens of members of the Druze community were killed in clashes with pro-government forces near Syria's southern border with Israel last week, according to the UK-based war monitoring service ...

The Druze became central figures in a recent, startling episode in the Middle East. Israel sent warplanes and troops into Syria to defend this Arab religious minority, attacking the armed groups ...