Armed tribal groups are flooding into Sweida, assisted by government forces unable to operate directly in the area due to a security understanding with Israel ...

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

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

The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Istanbul-based journalist Ruth Michaelson about unrest in Syria amid clashes ...

According to local sources, fighting broke out near the village of Al-Dour, while Bedouin forces also attacked other rural ...

Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that ...

Sectarian clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of local and international players. Here's a look at the main parties ...

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar demands Damascus be held accountable for the violence in Suweida.The post Israel urges UN action over atrocities against Druze in Syria appeared first on JNS.org.

Israel also said it was carrying out many more attacks in Sweida city, hitting Syrian soldiers and military buildings there.

Early on Thursday, Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that protecting Druze citizens and their rights is “our priority” while Israel, in pursuit of its own goals in southern Syria, vowed ...

A rocket attack on a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 11 people, including children, has brought attention to the secretive religious and ethnic group. The Druze ...

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...