The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
The Christian Post on MSN2d
Syria update: Christians among over 1,000 massacred amid worst atrocities since Assad's ousting
Christians and other religious minorities in Syria are sounding the alarm as more than 1,000 people have been killed since ...
La Croix International1d
Were Christians targeted in Syria’s deadly crackdown?
Between March 6 and 10, government crackdowns on supporters of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime resulted in ...
National Catholic Register2d
In Syria: Real Massacres, Phantom Killings, Constant Threats
COMMENTARY: The mostly Christian small towns and villages located only a few miles away from where Alawite Muslims were ...
UCA News1d
Church leaders slam killings, urge prayers amid Syria violence
Some observers call recent massacres of Alawites and civilians the worst in Syria's 14-year-old civil conflict ...
Iowa Public Radio13d
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...
Al-Monitor on MSN3d
Syria leader calls for unity, peace after 1,018 killed in clashes
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for national unity and peace on Sunday, after more than 1,000 people were reportedly ...
A Christian town in Syria keeps the biblical language of Aramaic alive. But it fears for its future
Residents of Christian-majority Maaloula, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Damascus, sent a letter last month to ...
The Forward on MSN14d
How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades
Syrian Rabbi Yousef Hamra and accompanying Jews visit the Frenc and Raki churches, the Maimonides Jewish School and the Jobar Synagogue, which was largely destroyed during the civil war, in the ...
WWNO13d
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
The Syrian president sent a key advisor, Moussa al-Omar, to join the delegation on a tour of a destroyed synagogue in the Damascus suburb of Jobar. Along with mosques and churches, it was reduced ...