DAMASCUS, Syria — This Christmas morning in Syria’s capital, Christians dressed in their finest clothes, attended church and participated in the annual parade through the ancient part of the city. Yet ...

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

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. But for ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...