Hundreds of people have been killed in days of violence in southern Syria which began with clashes between members of the ...

In Israel, the Druze are seen as a loyal minority and often serve in the military. In Syria, the Druze have been divided over how to deal with the country's new leaders, with some advocating for ...

Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias ...

The Middle East has been simmering for quite some time. But what exactly is the situation in the individual countries of the region, from the Middle East to Central and South Asia? Are there countries ...

It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, ...

Western support for Israel’s right to strike Iran backs up a pattern of “pre-emptive” violence that critics say is further ...

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

A suicide bomber who blew himself up at a Greek Orthodox church on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday was a member of the Islamic State group, Syria's interior minister said. The attack killed at ...

Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again ...

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading ...

Several days of bitter sectarian fighting in the south of Syria has brought the fledgling government in Damascus dangerously ...

Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group. It also said Tuesday the group had plans to target a Shiite ...