Damascus believed it had a green light from both the US and ‘Israel’ to dispatch its forces south “despite months of Israeli warnings not to do so,” according to the sources, which include Syrian ...

Historically, the Druze are an Arabic-speaking ethno-religious minority who are spread across Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the ...

Damascus believed it had tacit approval to restore control in Sweida; Israeli airstrikes followed reports of troop abuses, as ...

Steps taken by the state in Suwayda were aimed at protecting civilians and preventing the conflict from escalating further,' ...

Government forces that were initially sent to restore order but effectively sided with the Bedouins against the Druze were ...

Khalidi and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops ...

Arab, and the Golan has issued an urgent plea for global intervention to stop the brutal massacres of Druze and Christians in ...

That understanding was based on comments from the U.S. special envoy and security talks with Israel, sources said.

Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and attracted Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria ...

Bedouin-Druze violence in Suweida and Israeli military aggression in the province have laid bare the enormous challenges ...

Violence between government forces and armed factions of a religious minority in southern Syria this week has deepened ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa asserted on Saturday that only the Syrian government has the authority and ability to ...