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

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.

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Syria and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday. The deal was “embraced” by ...

Emirates joins a number of airlines that have returned to the Syrian capital as sanctions are scaled back following the ...

Syrian government forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida Thursday following days of vicious clashes ...