Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new Islamist leaders.

Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung above the ancient streets of the old city of Damascus.

Follow the latest on Syria The first Christmas Eve of a new Syria – following the overthrow of president Bashar Al Assad's government by armed rebels – passed peacefully but “cautiously” in the ...

Through prayer and protest, believers struggle to interpret the promises of newly ascendant Islamist leadership.

Syria’s de-facto leader met with Christian clerics on New Year's Eve. This came after several alarming incidents in late ...

In the past week, the Pentagon has acknowledged that its footprint in Iraq and Syria is bigger than it has claimed for years ...

Syria's historic ethnic and religious minorities also include Muslim Kurds and Shi'ites - who feared during the civil war that any future Sunni Islamist rule would imperil their way of life - as well ...

blamed foreign fighters for the Christmas tree burning and said they had been arrested. Thousands of foreign fighters have poured into Syria during the country’s 13-year civil war, which drew in ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

King Charles made a significant donation to help support the International Rescue Committee charity for its work in Syria as ...

When Syrian rebels roared into Damascus after a lightning advance on the capital, they exalted in their triumph over ...

Syrians gathered among Christmas lights and decorations in the old city of Damascus, Syria. - Chris McGrath/Getty Images Europe Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung ...