The airdrops on Dec. 17, 2024, came nine days after Assad’s removal and included 500 rifles sent to the Druze-led Military ...

Defensive equipment shipments continue, but arms deliveries tapered off as Israel sought talks with Sharaa and grew wary of ...

Israel is providing limited non-lethal aid and financial support to Druze militias in southern Syria while avoiding direct ...

Assad, Israel supported Druze fighters in the south, in an effort to weaken Syria’s new government under the rule of ...

Historically, that meant Iraqi Kurds—especially networks linked to the Barzani tribe. Syria’s Kurds differ in ideology and ...

An increasingly dominant force in the Middle East, Israel has been seeking to shape developments in Syria by supporting allied Druze militiamen as part of an effort to weaken the country’s national ...

Earlier this year, Israel also took advantage of tensions between Syria’s Druze community and sectarian militants aligned ...

Israel continues its military strikes in southern Syria nearly a year after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and ...

Israel’s experience is harsh but clear: militias do not disappear through declarations; ideologies do not dissolve through ...

GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged the United States to guarantee the security of the Druze community in Syria to prevent a recurrence of intense violence ...

In the absence of such action, many Druze in Israel and the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights are angry at the admission of casualties from rival Sunni Muslim communities in Syria -- anti-Assad fighters ...

Israel’s recent intervention to assist the Druze community in Syria through airstrikes targeting their assailants and regime-related sites reinforced Israel’s credibility as a reliable protector of ...