It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...

It also struck an area near the Syrian presidential palace, saying that it would "not allow the deployment of forces south of ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...

Nawaf Nasr, a 78-year-old member of Syria's Druze community, holds a creased black-and-white photo that he says shows him on horseback in a previous life before he died.

The Druze in Syria underwent many hardships over the years. During the Syrian civil war, they generally remained on the side of then-president Bashar al-Assad’s regime, but they chaffed under ...

The Druze have a long history of taking up arms from their mountain stronghold. A century ago, Sultan al-Atrash led the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule, which eventually led to ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...

Hijri insisted the Druze militias that have maintained security in Sweida, Syria's southernmost province, would remain intact and continue to control the province's borders with Syrian government ...

The Druze are a key religious minority in Syria. They comprise only 3% of the country’s population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim, but their fierce independence and militia control of ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...