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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

An armed group briefly held the governor of Syria's Suweida province hostage at the town hall on Wednesday, demanding the release of a prisoner, who had previously been convicted of stealing several ...

Amid a spate of communal attacks and the predominance of Druze security forces, tensions are simmering with Suweida’s Bedouin community ...

Leaders of Israel's Druze Say the State Owes It to Them to Defend Syrian Kin By Estelle Shirbon HURFEISH, Israel (Reuters) - Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen ...

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 ...