The sectarian violence involving Islamist factions, security forces and Druze gunmen is another sign of the fragile security ...

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

Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday condemned what he called a "genocidal campaign" against his ...

Israel has used attacks on religious minority by forces loyal to Syria's new government to justify strikes across the border ...

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

Seven Druze fighters were among the 17 people killed in the Damascus suburb as clashes raged from Monday into Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. On Wednesday, the sectarian ...

The Syrian government rejected calls for foreign intervention after a Druze leader slammed Damascus over the latest bout of ...

In Syria’s large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together. NPR’s Jane Arraf reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

SWEIDA, Syria — Nervous Druze militiamen at checkpoints in southern Syria craned their necks in recent days to look inside stopped vehicles, sizing up drivers and bracing for new threats.