Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

MAALOULA, Syria — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world's few places where ...

Maaloula: Aramaic For ‘Don’t Support The Rebels’ I’m grateful to The New York Times for highlighting the Syrian rebel attack on the ancient Christian town of Maaloula.

Maaloula, one of the last places where Aramaic, the language of Jesus, is still spoken, rebuilds after occupation by Islamist rebels.

An al Qaeda-linked rebel group has wrested control of the historic Christian town of Maaloula from regime forces, opposition groups said Sunday.

Syrian forces have driven most rebels from Maaloula, home to ancient churches and monasteries now smashed and defaced after months of battles.

Maaloula's cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria's latest front-line fight takes its toll Its churches are empty, its monasteries deserted, many pitted and holed by the battles ...

A Maaloula resident said the rebels, many of them sporting beards and shouting Allahu Akbar, or God is great, attacked Christian homes and churches shortly after moving into the village overnight.

Maaloula, strategically located in the mountains overlooking Damascus, is a Unesco World Heritage Site, hailed as a beacon of Christianity and one of the last places in the world where the ancient ...

Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels continue to haunt the predominantly Christian town of Maaloula as regime fighters struggle to regain power there.

MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world's few places ...