Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida after days of clashes with ...

Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters outside Sweida Friday a day after ...

Government forces were deployed again to southern Syria after renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups ...

Residents described friends and neighbours being shot at close range in their homes or in the streets. They said the killings ...

The conflict had drawn airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze before a truce halted ...

The fighting had threatened to unravel Syria's post-war political transition and brought further military intervention by ...

The head of the United Nations human rights office urged on Friday for Syria's interim authorities to ensure accountability and justice for killings and violations in the southern city of Sweida."This ...

A rocket attack on a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 11 people, including children, has brought attention to the secretive religious and ethnic group. The Druze ...

As seen by the Druze from nearby Sweida or by defeated Assad loyalists, rule by a band of Islamists is deeply troubling. Under Assad, religion was downplayed.