Clad in black in a modest apartment in central Beirut, Rima weeps for the relatives she lost in the recent wave of violence ...

They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states,” a soldier said, witnessing ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

A Syrian-American who was taking care of his ill father was among the eight Druze men kidnapped from their family home and ...

An Oklahoman killed in Syria has gained attention nationally and from Oklahoma lawmakers in Congress. Hosam Saraya lived in Oklahoma for years and graduated with a degree from Oklahoma Christian ...

So, what’s behind this conflict - and what does it mean for the future of Syria? We speak to BBC Monitoring journalist Tess Mallinder Heron, to explain who the different groups involved in the ...

After more than a week of deadly sectarian clashes between armed Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters, a fragile ceasefire ...