TENSIONS increased in southern Syria as Israeli warplanes bombed the Ministry of Defence in Damascus and areas around the ...

While still living in the village of Chemlan in Lebanon’s Chouf mountains, we had an old-fashioned wooden ice cream bucket with a handle to turn a tall ...

Recent violence between Druze and Bedouins is a reminder of how elusive the goal of a cohesive Syria remains, and how easily ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said a ceasefire in southern Syria was secured “by force" after Israeli ...

In the Turkmen mountains in northwestern Syria, humanitarian workers who have become the new Syrian Civil Defense are battling wildfires that are devastating the forest.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Syrian government troops will be blocked from the area south of the capital Damascus to protect the Druze minority following Israel's attacks in the ...

The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of ...

Israel can’t intervene in every conflict around the world. But this felt different — it was a moral and familial obligation,’ ...

The United States said it did not support recent Israeli strikes on Syria and had made clear its displeasure, while Syrian ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday as ...