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

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

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

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

A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters.

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

For decades, the Druze in Israel have shed blood alongside the Jewish majority and formed a brotherly covenant. But now that ...

The strike near the president’s residence, announced Friday morning by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister ...

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

Clashes last week pitted Sunni fighters against armed Druze residents of the town of Jaramana southeast of Damascus, later spreading to another district near the capital and then south to the ...

Druze Near Damascus Resist Demand to Turn in Arms as Tensions Boil By Yamam Al Shaar and Firas Makdesi JARAMANA, Syria (Reuters) - Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by ...