The violence underscored the difficulties facing the Syrian new government struggling to consolidate control over the country, months after Islamist-led insurgents ousted longtime autocrat Bashar Assa...

hundreds of Israeli Druze crossed into Syria on Wednesday to protect their Syrian kin from militant attackers.

This dedication has earned them a special place in Israeli society, pushing Israeli political and military leaders to promise action if the Druze community in Syria is threatened in any way.

Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the center of rising tensions with Israel. Dozens of people were killed this week after clashes between government loyalists and Druze militias in the southern city of Suwayda,

Syria’s government and a minority religious sect announced a new ceasefire Wednesday, capping days of violent clashes between the country’s military forces and some of its Druze population.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that the recent outbreak of violence was ignited after a Druze man was illegally detained, attacked, and robbed by members of a Bedouin tribe in Sweida,...