Walid Jumblatt, a Druze leader in Lebanon who has been a key political player in the country for forty years, has called on ...

However, Alawites follow Muhammad Ibn Nusayr, who was a 10th-century disciple of the 11th imam and declared himself to be the ...

The Israel Defence Forces were formed by uniting Zionist paramilitary groups, WWII veterans and Holocaust survivors ...

Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the region’s reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and ...

On Tuesday, the Islamic State (IS) splinter group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna (Brigade of Sunni Supporters) claimed responsibility ...

As the ceasefire between Israel and Iran remains fragile, there has been a growing number of reports in recent days of people ...

A little-known armed group called Saraya Ansar al-Sunna has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Damascus church ...

Despite the searing heat, ongoing Iranian missile strikes and the lack of bomb shelters, thousands had come to mourn four ...

Today at 2:30 PM CET, the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed that the four murdered women were Christians. They are Manar (45), her daughters Hala (20) and Shada (13), and her sister-in-law Manar (41) ...

I’m popular among Druze, Arabs, and Jews. But with the current group in the Knesset, it’s not an honor. If Likud cleans house and the country truly needs me—I’ll consider it.” ...

The Druze are Arabs but not Muslims. Their religion originated as an offshoot of Islam about 1,000 years ago, but it quickly became very different in its precepts, which include a belief in ...

The Druze became central figures in a recent, startling episode in the Middle East. Israel sent warplanes and troops into Syria to defend this Arab religious minority, attacking the armed groups ...