As violence exploded inside Syria between the Druze religious minority and the new government in Damascus, neighboring Israel’s own Druze community was watching closely.

Syrian state-run media say Israel carried out an air strike near Syria's southern Druze-majority city of Suweida late on Thursday.

The dayslong fighting threatened to unravel Syria’s postwar political transition and brought in further military intervention by its powerful neighbor Israel, which on Wednesday struck the Syrian Defe...

Since then, it has increased its demands on the new regime, insisting on a demilitarized zone south of Damascus and promising to intervene militarily if needed to protect the Druze minority who live ...

Israeli warplanes struck Syrian military headquarters and near the presidential palace in Damascus on Wednesday, as sectarian clashes in the southern part of the country quickly spiraled into a crisis...

The strikes followed escalating violence in Suwayda, a region in the south of Syria predominantly home to the country’s Druze minority.

Her family took shelter in the basement.

A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country's fragile security landscape as the new government attempts to impose its authority over the fractured terri...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that the recent outbreak of violence was ignited after a Druze man was illegally detained, attacked, and robbed by members of a Bedouin tribe in Sweida,...