Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.

Across Aleppo, churches are tentatively preparing for the Christmas period while celebrating the downfall of Assad, whose brutal rule was marked by enforced disappearances, mass detentions and ...

The fall of more than 60 years of Ba’ath Party rule in Syria — 50 of those years under the Assad family, father and son — is a watershed moment for the Middle East. Even so, many of Assad ...

(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Christians attend Christmas Mass in the Greek Orthodox convent Saint ... in support of unity ...