Israeli military responds to protect Syrian Druze from Islamist militants as local Druze citizens cross the border to aid ...

The Druze, an ethnoreligious minority in the Levant region, began as a 10th-century offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite ...

"The minute we see terrorists going into hospitals and murdering children and patients, we cannot stand idle," Fares Alawi ...

Israel sharply escalated its strikes on Syrian regime targets on Wednesday, hitting buildings belonging to the defense ...

Israeli warplanes pounded Syrian government buildings in Damascus, escalating its campaign against Syria’s new authorities ...

Some Syrian military units are withdrawing from the southern city of Suwayda after days of deadly fighting. Secretary of ...

Amal As'ad slams Israeli overtures toward 'terrorist' who 'put on a suit and became a diplomat,' calls for Netanyahu to do ...

Syria’s new government faces conflict as Israeli-backed Druze militias ignite violence against local communities ...

Members of the Druze community in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights gathered at the border with Syria Thursday morning, ...

As of mid-2025, 6,006 Druze in the Golan, roughly 20% of the 29,000-strong community, hold Israeli citizenship. This surge ...

Israel's bid to carve out a zone of influence in Druze majority southern Syria conflicts with Trump's plan for a unitary ...

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