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

World Happiness Report ranked Israel higher than the US, which dropped to its lowest position. The report highlighted social factors like isolation and others.

Syria swore in its new transitional government on Saturday, after interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa appointed 23 ministers in a religiously and ethnically mixed Cabinet.

Some minorities may see benefits in allying with Israel today. Syria is now ruled by a former al-Qaeda leader. A recent ...

Israel's attacks on Syrian ground serve two purposes, observers say. Its alleged protection of minorities helps its own security interests and efforts to forge ties with regional allies.

Syria faced severe violence, with security forces accused of mass killings in Alawite-majority areas. Over 1,000 civilians ...

US President Donald Trump’s second term has brought South Africa’s domestic human rights record into stark international prominence. Based on misinformation, Trump’s anti-South African ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Opening a kosher restaurant in New York City wasn’t always in the cards for Raif Rashed, a Druze from the village of Usfiya in northern Israel. But as Rashed ...

The new Syrian government should be representative of all ethnic and sectarian groups if it wants international support. But many Syrians say quotas are a bad idea. So how to ensure the new Syria is ...

Following the war in Gaza, Türkiye strongly denounced Israel’s military actions, announced it was cutting trade ties with Israel, and joined a genocide case South Africa brought against ... and ...

The entry of 40 Druze workers from Syria into Israel will begin in seven days, i24NEWS learned on Sunday. This comes after reports in i24NEWS revealed that Israel would allow members of the ...