Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously ...

As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced ...

But they represent something different, and not just because they led to a dramatic Israeli bombardment of Syria’s Defense ...

One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street.

The conflict drew airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze minority before most of the ...

One woman tells the BBC she cowered in her home waiting for gunmen to enter and "decide whether we should live or die".

Father Toni Butros, Greek Catholic leader in Sweida, declares in a video statement: “We have not left our homeland... we stand with our Druze brothers and sisters against these horrific terrorist ...

"If Israel feels that a certain leader...is an evident threat to its national security, it will operate," a former Israeli ...

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...

In March, government forces were involved in a killing spree on the Syrian coast that left dead about 1,600 people, mostly ...

Sectarian clashes in Southern Syria have shattered expectations of a speedy peace process between Jerusalem and Damascus.

Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland of Sweida on orders from the Islamist-led government, following days of ...