Tensions in Syria have escalated following a deadly ambush that left at least 23 members of the Druze minority dead, ...

Israel attacked Syrian government forces near Damascus in what is says is a bid to protect a religious minority there. Clashes between Druze and Sunni Muslim fighters have killed at least 20 people.

Armed clashes with government forces have escalated complicating Syrian president hopes for international legitimacy ...

By bnm Tel Aviv bureau Israel has permitted injured Syrian Druze to enter its territory for medical treatment, as the ...

An armed man walks through the mostly Druze and Christian Damascus suburb of Jaramana, which came under attack by Islamists ...

Syrian estate agent Fahd Haidar shuttered his business and got out his rifle to defend his hometown of Jaramana when it came ...

Kenya's police have said the fatal shooting of a lawmaker by a gunman aboard a motorcycle in the capital Nairobi on Wednesday ...

Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...

Syria said Israel launched new strikes near Damascus on Wednesday, after sectarian clashes left nearly 40 dead in two days and Israel warned against attacks targeting the Druze minority.

Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, ...

Syria said Israel launched new strikes near Damascus on Wednesday, after sectarian clashes left nearly 40 dead in two days ...

The strikes were south of Damascus, where Syrian security forces say they are battling gunmen from the religious minority.