Israel has used attacks on religious minority by forces loyal to Syria's new government to justify strikes across the border ...

The fighting and the Israeli attacks add to the difficulties faced by Syria’s new government – which only came to power after ...

Israel's stated commitment to defending the Syrian Druze is, by the admission of some of its leaders, consistent with a ...

The sectarian violence involving Islamist factions, security forces and Druze gunmen is another sign of the fragile security ...

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, ...

Israel's PM says it will "not allow any threat" to the minority in Syria after sectarian clashes in which dozens were killed.

In Syria’s large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together. NPR’s Jane Arraf reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday condemned what he described as a "genocidal campaign" ...

Hijri on Thursday condemned what he called a "genocidal campaign" against his community after two days of deadly sectarian ...

The Syrian foreign ministry called the sanctions relief a ‘pivotal turning point’ that would help bring stability.