Israel's military has begun a ground operation in the central Gazan city of Deir al Balah, with smoke seen rising from the ...

Syria's armed Bedouin clans have withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes. Meanwhile, ...

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At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity ...

Sky News host Chris Kenny discusses the ongoing war in the Middle East as Israel attempts to “stop bloodshed” as Sunni ...

Sana says women and children among those killed by armed groups following withdrawal of government forces in Sweida ...

Spiraling violence in southern Syria has turned global attention to the Druze, an ethno-religious minority of around 1 ...

In Syria, Druze fighters have clashed both with neighbouring Bedouin tribes and with forces loyal to the Islamist government, ...

Father Tony Boutros is a Catholic priest in Sweida, southern Syria. He is no stranger to ethnic unrest; in 2015, he was ...

The Druze faith has deep connection to Greek philosophy, especially Pythagorean and Platonic thought, and its belief in ...

The White House is attributing the outbreak of violence in the Middle East between the Syrian government and Israel to a ...

Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now ...