Attacks on the Druze by Islamist gunmen backing the new Syrian government have pushed some in the community to welcome Israeli promises of protection.

A field hospital set up by the Israel Defense Forces near the southern Syrian village of Hader has treated more than 500 ...

Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and ...

The Druze community in the Middle East is split between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and a small community in Jordan. They have ...

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

Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed factions and calm tensions.

Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, following through on a promise to defend the minority group as deadly sectarian ...

For months, many Syrians and Syria watchers had worried that the United States might never lift its sanctions. Washington ...

In the battle for the character of Syria and the region as a whole, we must choose a clear side. Not just in words but in ...

Turkey and Saudi Arabia are two Sunni powerhouses that have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the ...

Senior officials from the Druze community will meet in the UAE with representatives from the new Syrian government, sources tell i24NEWS Middle East Correspondent Ariel Oseran.

The contacts mark a significant development in ties between states that have been on opposite sides of conflict in the Middle East for decades, as the US encourages the new Islamist rulers in Damascus ...