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

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

Three days after a spate of killings targeting another minority in Latakia, Druze leaders evacuated more than 1,200 students from universities along the Mediterranean. They arrived to safety late ...

The Druze are a key religious minority in Syria. They comprise only 3% of the country's population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim, but their fierce independence and militia control of their ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...

But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters... SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock ...

JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From ...