It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...

It also struck an area near the Syrian presidential palace, saying that it would "not allow the deployment of forces south of ...

It's been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...

Nawaf Nasr, a 78-year-old member of Syria's Druze community, holds a creased black-and-white photo that he says shows him on horseback in a previous life before he died.

SWEIDA, Syria — Nervous Druze militiamen at checkpoints in southern Syria craned their necks in recent days to look inside stopped vehicles, sizing up drivers and bracing for new threats.

The Druze in Syria underwent many hardships over the years. During the Syrian civil war, they generally remained on the side of then-president Bashar al-Assad’s regime, but they chaffed under ...

Druze gunmen stand next to a checkpoint after clashes between members of the minority Druze sect and fighters in the southern suburb of Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, April 29, 2025 [Omar Sanadiki/AP ...

There are an estimated 700,000 Druze in Syria, making them the country's third-largest religious group; there are also around 230,000 in Lebanon and 25,000 in Jordan. Israel and the Palestinian ...

The fighting in Druze areas of Syria started on April 29 and left more than 100 Druze dead, mostly gunmen, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, ...

The Druze, members of a religion with links to Islam, number around 500,000 people in Syria, most of them living in cities and towns south of Damascus. Many have familial ties to Druze communities ...

The Druze, a largely Arabic-speaking religious group found mostly in Syria, Lebanon and Israel, make up just 3 percent of the Syrian population but wield disproportionate power due to their ...