Israel has used attacks on religious minority by forces loyal to Syria's new government to justify strikes across the border ...

Yasser Arafat lied when he “accepted” the Oslo Accords. Mahmoud Abbas lied when he said he would end “Pay for Slay,” and the ...

Attacks on the Druze by Islamist gunmen backing the new Syrian government have pushed some in the community to welcome ...

Israel's stated commitment to defending the Syrian Druze is, by the admission of some of its leaders, consistent with a ...

For the 150,000-strong member Druze community, attacks against their brethren across the border cause concern and a ...

The Druze community in the Middle East is split between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and a small community in Jordan. They have ...

The Syrian foreign ministry called the sanctions relief a ‘pivotal turning point’ that would help bring stability.

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.

Israel, alleging Sharaa remains a jihadist, has declared south Syria off limits to his forces. It said a strike near the ...

The religious leader denied the recording was in his voice, and an investigation by Syria’s Ministry of the Interior has concurred. But it mattered little, as fighting between local armed Druze ...

A recent surge in violence against Syria’s Druze religious community has reportedly seen over 100 people killed since the ...

In Syria’s large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together. NPR’s Jane Arraf reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.