The Druze are a small, secretive ethnoreligious community that emerged in the early 11th century in Egypt. They broke away from mainstream Islam during the rule of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr ...

Jerusalem: Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor ...

Death toll climbs after days of deadly clashes between locals and Bedouins prompted government troop deployment.

A stampede at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip killed 20 ...

Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups ...

Israel intensified its military actions by targeting the Syrian defence ministry entrance in Damascus, aiming to protect the Druze minority from harm by government forces. The attacks marked the third ...

Israel's military said it struck the entrance to the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus on Wednesday, stepping up attacks on the Islamist-led authorities with the declared aim of protecting the Druze ...

All provisions of Russia's nuclear doctrine, including the responsibility of nuclear powers to "encourage" non-nuclear states, remain unchanged ...

Syria's defense minister announced a ceasefire shortly after government forces entered a key city in southern Sweida province ...

Syria's defense minister announced a ceasefire shortly after government forces entered a key city in southern Sweida province ...