The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is ...

BEIRUT — Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead and raised fears of deadly sectarian violence. The country is ...

Syria said Israel launched new strikes near Damascus on Wednesday, after sectarian clashes left nearly 40 dead in two days and Israel warned against attacks targeting the Druze minority. The ...

Deadly clashes this week in southern Syria, home to the Druze ethnic group, are putting new pressure on the nascent government as it tries to prevent the country from fragmenting along sectarian ...

In December, a consortium of rebel factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham unexpectedly toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose family had ruled Syria for five decades. The new regime in ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic rights after the fall of Bashar Assad.

Syria “affirms its unwavering commitment to protect all components of the Syrian people … including the children of the honourable Druze community,” the Foreign Ministry added in its statement.

The massacre of Druze civilians in southern Syria should serve as a warning to Israel, spiritual leader of the Druze community Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif warned. At a conference hosted at the Western ...

By Euan Ward and Reham Mourshed Euan Ward reported from Beirut, Lebanon, and Reham Mourshed from Jaramana, Syria. Deadly clashes fueled by sectarian tensions erupted on the outskirts of the Syrian ...