"Trust must exist first and foremost," Syrian Democratic Council representative to the U.S. Sinam Mohamad told Newsweek.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least six people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion in northern Syria’s Idlib province, officials said Thursday. There was no official statement on the cause of the blast. The U.K.-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the explosion took place in an ammunition depot.

The U.S. State Department has called for an immediate investigation into the recent death of a U.S. citizen in Syria, and there have been direct discussions with the Syrian government about the issue,

Recent violence between Druze and Bedouins is a reminder of how elusive the goal of a cohesive Syria remains, and how easily it could slip out of reach. The post Syria's Fault Lines Are Getting Harder to Bridge appeared first on World Politics Review.

Syrian rescuers and war monitors say an explosion at an ammunition depot in the country’s north killed at least seven people and wounded scores

A video purporting to show the execution-style murder of American Hosam Saraya raises new questions about the Trump-endorsed new Syrian leader.

The Druze live in pockets across the Middle East, and Israeli members of the community want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to help their kin in Syria.

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

Also in our car was Hwaida Saad, a longtime Lebanon reporter for The Times who had covered Syria in depth and with great compassion since the start of the conflict. That had given her a vast network of contacts, many of whom she had kept in touch with as they were bombed or besieged.

This meeting comes ahead of Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer's meeting with US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Paris. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Thursday.