The Druze are a small, secretive ethnoreligious community that emerged in the early 11th century in Egypt. They broke away from mainstream Islam during the rule of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr ...

Jerusalem: Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor ...

Syria’s military entered a stronghold for the Druze community in the country’s south on Tuesday, the government said, ...

Israel intensified its attacks on Syria, striking the country’s military headquarters in Damascus around midday on Wednesday.

Clashes have raged in the Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and as Israel threatened to escalate its involvement. The Israeli army said ...