Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

Powerful airstrikes shook Damascus on Wednesday, targeting the defence ministry as Israel vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in southern Syria and demanded they wit...

In the short term, it is likely to weaken Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Sunni jihadist and Syria’s interim president, as well as make it harder for Syria and Israel to reconcile, as America has been push...