At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity ...

The United States has brokered a ceasefire in Syria after Israel intervened in support of Druze communities who came under ...

Medical Aid for Palestinians says it has suspended services in the city following the ground assault. In Syria, armed Bedouin clans have withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following ...

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

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Father Tony Boutros is a Catholic priest in Sweida, southern Syria. He is no stranger to ethnic unrest; in 2015, he was ...

The interior ministry said clashes in Sweida city had been halted and the area cleared of Bedouin tribal fighters following the deployment.

Spiraling violence in southern Syria has turned global attention to the Druze, an ethno-religious minority of around 1 ...

Sana says women and children among those killed by armed groups following withdrawal of government forces in Sweida ...

The White House is attributing the outbreak of violence in the Middle East between the Syrian government and Israel to a ...

Israel's military has begun a ground operation in the central Gazan city of Deir al Balah, with smoke seen rising from the ...

Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now ...