Israel seized the mountainous region from Syria in 1967, and most of the world considers it occupied Syrian territory.

The Arabic-speaking Druze community straddles the border between two countries—and, like Israel, fears Islamists.

The residents of a Druze community in southern Syria have expressed a desire to become part of Israel to prevent assaults by ...

Israel has a security and strategic stake in an alliance with the Kurds in Iraq and Syria, as well as supporting the Kurds in Iran and the Druze community in Syria. Strong alliances with these ...

Israel has taken over a buffer zone between Israel and Syria and says its forces will not withdraw until it is sure that ...

After fifty-four years of Assad family dictatorship collapsed in a few days, a new Syria is going to be born. Every decent ...

Israel sees Assad's fall as a chance to revive the idea of a Druze state, stoke sectarianism in Syria and seize more land. If Syria stands united, these plans are doomed to fail ...

High in the mountains of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the town of Majdal Shams is home to members of one of the ...

Nestled in the Golan Heights, the Druze communities that came under Israeli control in 1967 are torn between the hope of reuniting with their loved ones on the other side of the border and anxiety ...

The leader of Syria’s Druze, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, has condemned Israel’s invasion of Syria and said his country needs to maintain its social and territorial unity. Speaking to Middle East ...