Israel has used attacks on religious minority by forces loyal to Syria's new government to justify strikes across the border ...

Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, ...

The fighting and the Israeli attacks add to the difficulties faced by Syria’s new government – which only came to power after ...

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters.

Israel on Friday said it launched air strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus and threatened further military action ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri on Thursday harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he ...

Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting ... Syrian state news agency says Israeli strikes targeted the vicinity of Syria's Damascus, Hama and Daraa countryside late on Friday, Syrian ...

The Syrian government rejected calls for foreign intervention after a Druze leader slammed Damascus over the latest bout of ...

Druze Near Damascus Resist Demand to Turn in Arms as Tensions Boil By Yamam Al Shaar and Firas Makdesi JARAMANA, Syria (Reuters) - Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by ...

Clashes last week pitted Sunni fighters against armed Druze residents of the town of Jaramana southeast of Damascus, later spreading to another district near the capital and then south to the ...