The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an ...

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans' withdrawal from the Druze-majority city of Sweida brought a cautious calm to the area, with ...

The once invincible Sweida in southern Syria, the epicentre of a revolt against French colonial rule, was counting its dead on Monday after a week of fighting that left its mostly Druze inhabitants ...

Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the ...

Religious minorities in Syria face persecution under the new Islamist government, highlighting the critical importance of ...

Jihadist-turned-President Ahmed al-Sharaa wants to unify Syria after its 14-year civil war. But domestic and external ...

The events of the past week in Suweyda, southern Syria, have shed new light on Israel’s emerging strategy toward its northern ...

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Syria should not be allowed back into the international community unless it is able to uphold protections for the Druze and ...

By Laila Bassam DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Sectarian clashes escalated in Syria's predominantly Druze region of Sweida on Saturday, ...

Suwayda, the Druze community is facing what its members have described as an "ethnic cleansing campaign" amidst a rapidly ...

Armed Bedouin clans have withdrawn from the Druze-majority Syrian city of Sweida after a week of deadly clashes ...