For days, Sunni tribal warriors surrounded the Druze capital in southern Syria. Fighters drove around in off-road vehicles, ...

Saudi Arabia has been a major backer of the new Syrian government since the fall of Bashar al-Assad last December.

Hundreds of pro-government fighters have withdrawn from a front line near Sweida in southern Syria, sources in Jordan said on Thursday. The retreat of about 500 gunmen comes before a US-supervised ...