However, Turkey has so far been hesitant to offer full-scale defence support to the Syrian government, holding talks in April with the Israeli government over the establishment of a deconfliction line ...

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

The US-brokered talks, facilitated by special envoy Tom Barrack, will focus on recent sectarian violence in southern Syria ...

For days, Sunni tribal warriors surrounded the Druze capital in southern Syria. Fighters drove around in off-road vehicles, ...

Hundreds of pro-government fighters have withdrawn from a front line near Sweida in southern Syria, sources in Jordan said on Thursday. The retreat of about 500 gunmen comes before a US-supervised ...

As the transitional government fails to bridge divides, other regions may turn inwards to defend their own interests ...

In July 2025, clashes between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Arabs backed by government-affiliated forces led to ...

The Israeli government is using the armed clashes in Sweida to establish a new form of control in southern Syria, political sources in Tel Aviv told the Israel Hayom newspaper. “The government claims ...

Syria's government has begun evacuating Bedouin families from the southern province of Sweida after over a week of clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin fighters ...

Hundreds of Druze residents pushed through the security fence separating the Israeli Golan Heights from Syria, rushing toward family members they had not seen in decades. MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel — A year ...

A man who once was in a group that chanted "death to America" now shakes the hand of the leader of the same country.

Turkey has officially entered the Syrian civil war after Damascus requested assistance to combat terror groups and stabilize ...