All told, despite sectarian divisions, Syrians are surprisingly upbeat. Except for Alawites, three-quarters of whom want ...

Khazali, leader of the Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), said on Monday that Israel’s main objective in allegedly reshaping ...

The militias that control the Druse religious minority’s heartland in southwestern ... important region bordering Jordan and near Israel — and these fighters stand to play a small but essentia ...

When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

Cassif, currently suspended from parliament for his outspoken stance against the Gaza genocide, painted a grim picture of Israel’s immediate ... constitute a tiny minority of five out of 120 ...

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has accused Israel of exploiting followers of his minority faith in Syria as part of a ...

Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza in March, blaming Hamas for rejecting a new US proposal to extend the ceasefire ...

In pressing forward with its assault on the territory, Israel hopes to squeeze Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.

The Israeli military has indicated it could soon launch another major offensive in Rafah and ordered most of the southernmost ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s military is “switching gears” in Gaza, dividing and seizing more ...