AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...

The Druze are Arabs who practise a religion widely considered as an offshoot of Islam. There are minority Druze communities in Israel, Syria and Lebanon. Syria's Islamist-led government on Monday ...

Alawites fleeing the violence in Syria's coastal region have been crossing ... "One of them asked his friend about our religion. He said, 'They are Alawites,' so he pointed his gun and killed ...