Months of US diplomacy paved the way for a historic detainee swap between Damascus and the Druze of Sweida, marking a ...

Syrian government forces and Druze militiamen who control areas in the southern Sweida province on Thursday exchanged ...

Observers argue that elements within these factions continue to operate within ideological frameworks that leave minorities ...

Hamas flags at the 25th anniversary rally in 2012 (Photo: Fars Media Corporation via Wikipedia CC BY 4.0) Syria appears poised to enter another bloody chapter, this time involving revenge campaigns ...

The sectarian clashes this month in Syria's restive Suwayda region (also mentioned as Sweida) reopened festering rivalries that erupted in the power vacuum created by the end of Bashar al-Assad regime ...

Reports say that a prisoner deal in Sweida could pave the way for a deal that resolves the crisis with Damascus and provides locals with administrative and security powers.

The Syrian government and Druze factions controlling the southern city of Sweida carried out their first prisoner exchange on ...

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — For his entire life, Jalaa Ayoub could see Syria, just a few dozen yards away from the eastern edge of his town in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But he could not go ...

Sheikh Fadi Badriya said the Druze community has requested secession from the Damascus government to protect its safety and dignity, reflecting ongoing humanitarian and security concerns in southern ...

The swap involved Damascus releasing 61 prisoners from the Druze factions detained in Adra Central Prison near the capital.