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

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

In Syria, Druze fighters have clashed both with neighbouring Bedouin tribes and with forces loyal to the Islamist government, ...

The Druze faith has deep connection to Greek philosophy, especially Pythagorean and Platonic thought, and its belief in ...

In southern Syria, the government has deployed security forces and pleaded for all sides to stick to a ceasefire after ...

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

Video showed government forces on the streets of a predominantly Druze city and smoke billowing across roads as gunfire ...

The Druze, a small but significant religious minority, straddle the complex political landscape of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, ...

Deadly sectarian violence between Druze militias and Bedouin fighters in southern Syria has escalated tensions, prompting Israeli intervention. Israel, citing a commitment to protect the Druze ...

The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no ...

Syria's Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes since last week had killed at least 940 people. Read more at ...