Damascus believed it had tacit approval to restore control in Sweida; Israeli airstrikes followed reports of troop abuses, as ...

That understanding was based on comments from the U.S. special envoy and security talks with Israel, sources said.

In southern Syria, the government has deployed security forces and pleaded for all sides to stick to a ceasefire after ...

The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no ...

A rocket attack on a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 11 people, including children, has brought attention to the secretive religious and ethnic group. The Druze ...

Violence in Syria pitting the Islamist-led government against members of the Druze community has put a spotlight on the small ...

In Syria, Druze fighters have clashed both with neighbouring Bedouin tribes and with forces loyal to the Islamist government, ...

The hypocrisy and double standards over the massacre of the Druze included those people who blamed Israel—the only country that went to their aid—for attacking Syria. Opinion.

Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with ...