Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

It was the second time in days that Israel intervened militarily in Syria amid a wave of sectarian violence there.

Israel’s air force has struck near Syria’s presidential palace hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria.

The clashes come as Syria’s new rulers are trying to establish their authority, and contending with well-armed militias and ...