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

The fighting and the Israeli attacks add to the difficulties faced by Syria’s new government – which only came to power after ...

Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, ...

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread mainly across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, ...

Nawaf Nasr, 78, sits at home in Syria's Sweida district and recalls details of what he says was his past life before he died ...

Hijri has harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” during deadly sectarian ...

Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, ...

Israel's stated commitment to defending the Syrian Druze is, by the admission of some of its leaders, consistent with a long-term strategic goal -- the weakening of Syria. Israel, which has occupied ...

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.

Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...