In her home in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, Riham Waqqaf spent the night trying to distract her children from the sound of sectarian clashes that have terrified local residents.

Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim ...

The Druze community in the Middle East is split between Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and a small community in Jordan. They have ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The fighting in the southern Damascus suburb of ...

Fighting has erupted in Ashrafieh Sahnaya and Jaramana over the past two days, two Damascus suburbs with large Druze populations, sparked by the circulation of a video allegedly of a Druze religious ...

In the mounting violence, the Damascus regime declared a nighttime curfew in Sahnaya and Ashrafieh Sahnaya neighborhoods and began breaking into them. Jaramana witnessed an intense deployment of ...

south of Damascus, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, after earlier clashes with Druze fighters left at least 11 people dead. (AP Photo/Omar Albam) Syrian government security forces stand guard on their ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it carried out an attack in Syria on a group targeting members of a minority sect as a new round of clashes left at least 11 people dead, most of them ...

Today, 34 political parties and organizations in North and East Syria issued a statement to the public, expressing deep concern over the tragic events that have taken place in the Sahnaya and Jaramana ...

Damascus Countryside, SANA- In the heart of southeastern Damascus, the city of Jaramana spans approximately 5,950 dunams. Its name, derived from the Aramaic language, means “strong men,” a ...