The Druze are an isolated Arabic-speaking ethnic and religious group whose representatives live in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. There are 700,000 Druze in Syria, the third largest religious and ...

Sharaa's hopes of stitching Syria back together under the rule of his Islamist-led government are complicated by the country's mix of sectarian and ethnic groups.

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The Israeli military killed a Palestinian legislator and scores of Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday ...

The PKK disarmament ceremony also could mark a new era for the Kurds, one of the largest stateless groups in the world with over 30 million people living across Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The PKK ...

Clashes in Syria between Bedouin tribes, government forces, and the Druze minority have left dozens dead, raising fears of escalating violence ...

Azerbaijan and Syria took steps toward restoring bilateral relations on 13 July, with both countries’ leaders pledging ...

Clashes between armed groups in Syria have killed at least 30 people as the United States seeks to support the new administration ...

Turkish President Erdogan has made it clear that the agreement between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party was motivated by ...

Greetings from a sweltering Ankara.This week in Turkey was one of striking contrasts: While peace talks with Kurdish ...

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a ...

Kurdish militants want to return to Turkey and enter mainstream politics, one of the PKK's joint leaders told AFP on Friday ...