The fighting is the latest challenge to the control of the government, which took over after rebels toppled autocratic president Bashar al-Assad in December.

During a U.N. Security Council emergency meeting, the U.S. ambassador said “the United States did not support recent Israeli ...

Sectarian violence in Syria's Suwayda has highlighted the challenges of Syria's president to unite the country that is deeply divided.

Sectarian clashes escalated in Syria’s predominantly Druze region of Sweida as the country’s new Islamist regime struggled to implement a ceasefire after days of bloodshed. At such a critical moment ...

SWEIDA: Fighting in Syria’s Sweida “halted” on Sunday, the government said, after the southern city was recaptured by Druze ...

Over 900 people have been killed in Syria's Sweida region as sectarian violence between Druze and Bedouin groups rages on ...

In the strife-torn southern Syrian province of Al-Suwayda, members of the Druze community are sounding the alarm over what they describe as an “ethnic cleansing campaign,” following a week of deadly ...

Druze fighters had pushed out rival armed factions from the city on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered a ...

Suwayda, the Druze community is facing what its members have described as an "ethnic cleansing campaign" amidst a rapidly ...

The Syrian presidency has announced an immediate ceasefire in the southern city of Suweida to try to bring an end to a week ...

Historically, the Druze are an Arabic-speaking ethno-religious minority who are spread across Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the ...