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

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Syria has issued an urgent appeal to the international community, calling for an immediate ...

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

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

Dr Talat Amer, a surgeon at Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, worked tirelessly for three days as bombs fell and ...

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

Israeli military responds to protect Syrian Druze from Islamist militants as local Druze citizens cross the border to aid ...

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to ...

The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism and a storied history in Syria, maintain secrecy and discourage ...

Armed Bedouin clans in Syria have withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida after over a week of deadly clashes.

Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack.