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 ...

Members of the Syrian defence ministry forces fire towards Druze fighters amid ongoing deadly clashes in southern Syria's Sweida province. At least 248 people have been killed in the province ...

Israeli strikes forced Syrian government forces, which had briefly entered the Druze-majority southern city of Sweida, to ...

Trump had praised Ahmed al-Sharaa as “a young attractive guy. Tough guy. Strong past. Very strong past. Fighter.” A man “with ...

New graduation ceremonies for soldiers have divided observers over whether the Syrian army can produce competent military ...

Clashes between Bedouin tribes, government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have left dozens dead and once ...

The leaders of Azerbaijan and Syria on Saturday pledged to deepen their cooperation particularly in the energy sector, as ...

In Syria, it's been more than six months since Bashar al-Assad's regime was toppled by opposition fighters after decades in power and years of civil war. Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts ...

Russia has become the first country to recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government. Andrew Mueller explains why.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will no longer be designated as a terrorist group, months after the group swept to power in Syria.

The Trump administration announced Monday it will rescind the terrorist designation given to the Syrian group Hayat Tahrir al ...

WASHINGTON, July 7. /TASS/. The United States has made the decision to revoke the foreign terrorist organization designation of the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham group (outlawed in Russia), according to a ...