"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...

There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

Dozens of clerics and others from Syria's minority Druze community have crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan ...

This week, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Druze from across the separation line would be allowed to enter the Golan Heights for work. Israeli soldiers seen in the buffer zone which separates ...

Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel and the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau seized from Syria by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel’s 1981 annexation of the area is recognized only by ...

The visit comes as Israel says it is supporting the minority in a country now ruled by Islamists. But many Druze have ...