Many Christians across Syria were uncertain about their future under insurgent rule, given the radical history of groups like ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

When Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by Islamist rebels in Syria in December after 14 years of civil war, there were concerns ...

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.

The church was reopened for Christian worship in 2022, under the protection of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, which at the time ...

A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...

celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Paul’s Shrine in Tabbaleh, Damascus. The occasion marked the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the feast of the ...

In the following decades, Syria used its section of the railway to transport people between Damascus and its second city of Aleppo, along with several towns and neighboring Jordan. While the main ...