They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states,” a soldier said, witnessing ...

But deadly clashes in the southern province of Sweida last week between rival Druze and Bedouin factions, which drew in government forces, brutally exposed the fragility of the transition. Hundreds ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Doctors from a hospital in Syria’s southern province of Suwayda recount to Rudaw the moment they ...

"Trust must exist first and foremost," Syrian Democratic Council representative to the U.S. Sinam Mohamad told Newsweek.

A senior Syrian government source on Thursday rejected the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) insistence on ...

The agreements signed at the Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum cover a wide range of sectors, including property, telecommunications and finance.

Recent violence between Druze and Bedouins is a reminder of how elusive the goal of a cohesive Syria remains, and how easily ...

The Druze live in pockets across the Middle East, and Israeli members of the community want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

Saudi Arabia has pledged more than $6bn of private and public sector investments in Syria, as Riyadh looks to bolster President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s fragile government and revive the shattered economy.

Assad’s fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country’s postwar recovery — the new leader’s failure to forge national unity.

Even if it does not, the incident seems a grim turning-point in Syria’s transition. It has reinforced fears that the state is incapable of protecting minority groups. It may also have ripple effects ...