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

Mustafa Bekkur, governor of Suwayda province in southern Syria, said the Druze-majority region remains calm despite Israel's ...

Violent clashes broke out in Jaramana, a suburb near Damascus, between Syria’s new Turkish-backed administration security forces and local Druze militias ... The conflict began on February ...

The Druze in Syria underwent many hardships over the years. During the Syrian civil war, they generally remained ... A new Druze coalition, the Suwayda Military Council, has popped up.

Multiple Druze armed militias have existed for years ... colonial rule to establish the modern Syrian state. During Syria’s civil war that began in 2011, the Druze were split between supporters ...

In Syria, the new government's effort to disband militias and create a national army has run into roadblocks. One of them is the Druze religious minority. It says it is keeping its weapons because it ...

Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series ... including Christians and Druze, also being targeted, drawing warnings from a number of foreign powers, including Russia ...

Israel has been making overtures towards Syria's Druze community since Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December after more than 13 years of war. Since then ... border area ...