Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”- Blaise Pascal Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

As it resumes military operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel has expanded its ground incursions across southern Syria in ...

In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.

JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics and a co-author of the ...

Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has taken center stage in Suwayda since Assad fell last year, as the top figure ...

Outside Syria, everything which once looked like an Arab Spring “success story” is now either a dictatorship or a conflict ...

Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a ...

Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a ...

Residents of southwestern Syria say they fear the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria’s new authorities.

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Joumblatt has accused Israel of exploiting followers of his minority faith in Syria as part of a broader plan to divide the Middle East along sectarian lines.

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has accused Israel of exploiting followers of his minority faith in Syria as part of a broader plan to divide the Middle East along ...