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

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 Trump administration is torn over how to respond to Russia’s military presence in Syria and whether to ask the new transitional government to oust Russian forces from a naval and air base in ...

While no official source has verified the deaths, the development may help explain the surge in hostile rhetoric, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent statement: “May Allah destroy ...

A four-day trip to southern Syria revealed the ... targeted by Sunni Muslim or even Druze militias. “My main worry is these statements will bring sectarian conflict between the Druze and the ...

NAWA, Syria (AP) — Israeli strikes in Syria reportedly killed at least nine people in the southwest of the country on ...