From July 13 to 20, clashes between Druze militia groups and Sunni tribes in southern Syria drew in Syrian government forces, ...

Religious minorities in Syria face persecution under the new Islamist government, highlighting the critical importance of ...

After the eruption of the Syrian conflict in 2011, a PYD-affiliated armed group, the People's Protection Units (YPG), established control of Kurdish-majority areas in northern Syria. Under the banner ...

According to researchers, the Bedouin and the Druze do not have any historical reasons for their conflict. The Druze are a ...

Straddling Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Druze occupy a special niche in the ...

From expressing gratitude to connecting spiritually and mourning, know the significance of fasting on Ashura for Shia and Sunni Muslims.

COMMENTARY: Everywhere, in the Middle East and other conflict zones around the world, there are attempts to play up and weaponize 'the Christian angle.' ...

Muharram 2025: From expressing gratitude to connecting spiritually and mourning, know the significance of fasting on Ashura for Shia and Sunni Muslims.

The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual ...

Sunni Muslims and Greek Orthodox Christians live among them in peace. But as militants barged into homes, looting cell phones and cash, they killed adult Alawite males and sometimes whole families.

Sunni Muslims commemorate Ashoura through voluntary fasting, as the day for them marks Moses’ parting of the Red Sea. The wars in Iran and Gaza will impact observations of the new year ...

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