WASHINGTON — The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to ...

Despite his rhetoric about democracy and inclusivity, Syria’s new president is steering the country back toward military dictatorship.

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

Half a century has passed since the outbreak of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War, a vicious, multifaceted conflict ...

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

JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From ...

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

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 ...

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

Syria was in danger of becoming a Turkish protectorate, explained Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s foreign minister. Syria’s leaders ...

The visit included stops at Daret Qanawat (Qanawat Residence) to greet His Eminence Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze Muslim community; the Druze Council headquarters in ...