The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.

One of them is the Druze religious minority. It says it is keeping its weapons because it is distrustful of the new government and fears sectarian attacks. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from the ...

Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has taken center stage in Suwayda since Assad fell last year, as the top figure ...

A British diplomat has said that HTS militant Jolani has assured the UK that Syria will “normalize relations” with Israel, ...

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara will reveal his “real colours” with his responses to several security challenges facing Syria ...

The Druze are a people and religion of around one million people globally, and the faith can trace its origins back to the Levant region, the name for the area including Israel, Syria, Lebanon and ...

Minority groups in Syria should be seen as a political power, head of the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) Fadel ...

Our Kurdish brothers and sisters in Syria can absorb our successes and avoid repeating our missteps. That, I believe, is the ...

They turned the desert into an oasis. They revived the Hebrew language. They absorbed millions of immigrants while fighting for their survival. They offered citizenship to Arabs, Druze, Christians, ...

JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From ...

Syria is currently witnessing rising tensions between Türkiye and Israel, manifested in semi-military clashes and indirect ...