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DAMASCUS, Syria — This Christmas morning in Syria’s capital, Christians dressed in their finest clothes, attended church and ...
(RNS) — At a time when most of the international news is full of gloom and doom, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria is a happy surprise, almost a Christmas miracle. Bashar al-Assad ...
An act of arson against a Christmas tree in the predominantly Christian town of Suqaylabiyah has ignited protests across Syria and fuelled anxieties about the future of religious minorities under ...
Syria’s Christians now join those in Lebanon and Palestinian territories celebrating Christmas amid great uncertainty and fear in the region. The protesters in the capital marched towards ...
Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since opposition forces toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.
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 ...
In Syria, some Christians aren't decorating their homes or putting up Christmas trees because they fear retaliation from rebels. The Syrian capital, Damascus, is twinkling today. Christmas trees ...
Family and friends of the Missouri man who was imprisoned in Syria after he said he crossed into the country on a "pilgrimage" to Damascus hailed his unexpected recovery as a "Christmas miracle ...
Syria's Christian community has gone from about one million people before the war to only few hundreds of thousands now — ANWAR AMRO Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may ...