Damascus’s new rulers may be unwilling or unable to protect Syria’s minorities, and calls have arisen to carve sovereign ...

The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no ...

Lebanon's Shiites Grapple With New Feeling of Power. Despite Gains, Sense of Vulnerability Persists. December 9, 2006 More than ...

Associated Press. BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) – The urge to defend Islam’s most unifying figure, the Prophet Muhammad, wasn’t enough to bring together Lebanon’s divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

It sparked the Cedar Revolution, a mass protest movement, primarily driven by Christians and Sunnis, that ended nearly decades of Syrian control over Lebanon. Hariri, a prominent Sunni leader, had ...

Lebanon’s Fuse. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. ... From another Sunni enclave to the southeast of the country, the shallow canyons ...

Straddling Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Druze occupy a special niche in the ...

Under Lebanon’s sectarian-based power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Catholic, the speaker of parliament a Shiite Muslim and the prime minister a Sunni Muslim.

Four Sunni Muslim scholars were beaten up in two separate attacks in Beirut on Sunday night, testing a fragile peace between the sects and factions that fought Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

BAAQLIN, Lebanon -- This hilltop town of stone homes and olive trees was the scene of intense fighting during Lebanon's civil war, a harsh memory that has faded in the quiet, prosperous life that ...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Three people were killed when fighting erupted overnight in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between members of the Alawite minority loyal to Syrian President Bashar al ...