In the battle for the character of Syria and the region as a whole, we must choose a clear side. Not just in words but in ...

Much has been made in recent weeks of the signs of unrest among two pieces of Syria’s ethnic and confessional mosaic. Commentators in the West have pounced on recent violent clashes between government ...

The Druze community in the Middle East is split between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and a small community in Jordan. They have ...

The Israeli army continues to bolster its positions inside Syrian territories it occupied near the Golan Heights five months ...

Druze gunmen stand next to a checkpoint after clashes between members of the minority Druze sect and fighters in the southern suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, April 29, 2025 [Omar Sanadiki/AP ...

NNA - Sheikh Al-Akl of the Druze Unitarian Community, Dr. Sami Abi Al-Muna, on Friday sent a congratulatory cable to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his election to head the Catholic Church worldwide.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says they are necessary to protect one of Syria's religious minorities from sectarian fighting, fighting that has broken out since the fall last year of the ...

The minority are members of the Druze religious group. They live on both sides of the Israel-Syria border. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi joins me now from Haifa - that's in the north of Israel.