The backdrop is a black stone house in Sweida province, the homeland of southern Syria's Druze religious minority. Sweida, built around a volcanic mountain, has been inhabited for thousands of ...

Dozens of members of the Druze community were killed in clashes with pro-government forces near Syria's southern border with Israel last week, according to the UK-based war monitoring service ...

Recently, the Druze community in Syria has come under vicious attack by extremist Sunni factions – remnants of the same forces that once aligned themselves with ISIS and now seek to assert their ...

So the Druze are a religious minority, an offshoot from Shia Islam. And when Israel captured the Golan Heights after the 1967 war here, the Druze community became separated between Israel and Syria.

DAMASCUS, Syria — At least 10 people were killed on Tuesday after clashes broke out in a suburb of the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Clashes broke out in a suburb of the Syrian capital early Tuesday between local gunmen belonging to the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters, leaving at least ...

Druze minority straddles Lebanon, Syria and Israel Over 100 Druze killed in clashes with Islamists in Syria Israeli Druze demand IDF protect their Syrian brothers Israel sees Druze as allies in ...

The Druze became central figures in a recent, startling episode in the Middle East. Israel sent warplanes and troops into Syria to defend this Arab religious minority, attacking the armed groups ...

Leaders of Israel's Druze Say the State Owes It to Them to Defend Syrian Kin By Estelle Shirbon HURFEISH, Israel (Reuters) - Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen ...