But since he and his fellow jihadists advanced from Idlib, their northern enclave, and toppled the Assads on December 8th, ...

(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Christians attend Christmas Mass in the Greek Orthodox convent Saint Takla, in Maaloula, Syria, ...

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

When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham jihadis ...

Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

On 31 December a delegation including Catholic bishops and Franciscan friars from the Custody of the Holy Land met Abu Mohammed al-Jolani at the presidential palace in Damascus. Church leaders ...

By Aaron Boxerman Syria’s new leaders met the French and ... Image Syrian Christians protesting after a Christmas tree was set ablaze in the Christian-majority town of Suqaylabiyah last month ...

A day earlier, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria. Before the civil war erupted in 2011, ...

For years Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s new de facto leader ... violations such as the torching of a Christmas tree or the slaughter of Alawite judges who had served under Mr Assad have made headlines.

The US eased some restrictions on humanitarian aid and essential services in Syria while keeping in place other sanctions ... US equities continued to recover from a post-Christmas sell-off, while the ...

A day earlier, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria. Before the civil war erupted in ...

In the run-up to the festive period, the King said he would be praying this Christmas for Syria, a comment made when he met a Catholic congregation supporting a charity helping Christians ...