It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...

Israel has been working to shore up support in Syria's Druze community, though some Druze see its efforts as divisive. ... Some of the villagers raised concerns about where weapons will come from.

"Of course we have concerns" about the new Syrian government, he said, citing the 2015 massacre of more than 20 Druze villagers in northwest Idlib province by an al-Qaida affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra.

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 ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed.

But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed. Druze militias are suspicious of Syria's new ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed.

But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed. Druze militias are suspicious of Syria's new ...