Sweida security chief Sheikh Suleiman Abdul Baqi told Newsweek Israel's role may "result in more escalation." ...

Five Magen David Adom ambulances were handed over to Druze and Christian communities in Syria in cooperation with IFCJ and ...

The National's interviews with residents, local officials and commanders reveal a complex picture of a scarred city ...

An elderly Druze man stands near Syria's new flag and the multicolored Druze flag in Al Karama Square in the city of Sweida on March 4, 2025. AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki The Druze broke off from the ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Before the eruption of sectarian violence in southern Syria, Saber Abou Ras taught medical sciences at a university in the city of Sweida and was somewhat hopeful of a better ...

The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. Most Druze religious practices ...

The historic initiative, spearheaded by The Fellowship, was carried out in cooperation with Magen David Adom, COGAT, and the Israel Defense Forces, reflecting a shared commitment to protecting life ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Violence continues several weeks after clashes started between armed Bedouin clans, Sunni jihadist groups and Druze fighters on July 14, 2025, in Sweida, a city in southern Syria.

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people demonstrated in Syria’s southern city of Sweida and elsewhere on Saturday to demand the right to self determination for the Druze minority, the largest protests to ...

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — For his entire life, Jalaa Ayoub could see Syria, just a few dozen yards away from the eastern edge of his town in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But he could not go ...