Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then ...

Israel acted not out of expansionist aims but out of duty to protect its allies, the Druze, while balancing national ...

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The violence erupted in the predominantly Druze city in the province of Suwayda (also known as Sweida) on July 12, two days after a Druze merchant was reportedly abducted on the highway to Damascus.

Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its airstrikes after intervening ...

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

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

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

Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south this week, encouraged by U ...

"If Israel feels that a certain leader...is an evident threat to its national security, it will operate," a former Israeli ...

Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously ...

Renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in southern Syria, and government forces were preparing to deploy again to the ...