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

The clashes come as Syria’s new rulers are trying to establish their authority, and contending with well-armed militias and ...

Hijri has harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” during deadly sectarian ...

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

The fighting and the Israeli attacks add to the difficulties faced by Syria’s new government – which only came to power after ...

A recent surge in violence against Syria’s Druze religious community has reportedly seen over 100 people killed since the ...

In December, a consortium of rebel factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham unexpectedly toppled the dictator Bashar al ...

Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, ...

Nawaf Nasr, 78, sits at home in Syria's Sweida district and recalls details of what he says was his past life before he died ...

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

In Syria’s large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together. NPR’s Jane Arraf reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.