Among the remnants of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Hikmat al-Hijri stands out, not as a cleric, but as one of the most prominent leaders of the "remnants" who refused to accept the regime's fall and decided to fight in its name until the last moment—albeit under a religious and social guise....

Clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to days of deadly sectarian bloodshed. The outbreak of violence in the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has reached a deadlock after two ultra-Orthodox parties withdrew from the ruling coalition, leaving it on the verge of collapse. The Agudat Yisrael faction, which holds three seats in the 120-seat Knesset, quit the government in protest...

Israel says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze city following two days of deadly sectarian clashes. At least 200 people have been killed since the fighting between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted on Sunday, UK-based...