The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.

The Druze are a key religious minority in Syria. They comprise only 3% of the country's population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim, but their fierce independence and militia control of their ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...

Despite his rhetoric about democracy and inclusivity, Syria’s new president is steering the country back toward military dictatorship.