DAMASCUS - The bars and cafes in the predominantly-Christian Bab Tuma and Bab al-Sharqi neighborhoods of Damascus are quiet. Customers are staying away because of a fear of possible extremist ...

It said similar moves would affect some 250 restaurants in Christian neighbourhoods including Bab Tuma and Bab Sharqi that have remained open during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which is due ...

Hundreds of people took to the streets in the Bab Tuma neighborhood of Damascus, chanting “Protect the rights of Christians.” ...

Christmas trees popped up in squares in the city. There was a cardboard nativity scene being built when I visited Bab Tuma, the Christian neighborhood of Damascus.

AL-SHALCHI: A few dozen people gather in an ancient Orthodox church deep in Bab Tuma, the Christian neighborhood of Damascus. It's the Sunday before Christmas. Crystal chandeliers hang from the ...

Protesters holding up crosses gathered in the Bab Tuma quarter after news spread of the fire in Suqaylabiyah, a Christian-majority town, with some vowing to defend themselves with arms if ...

Bab Tuma and Bab al-Sharqi, two predominantly Christian areas in the heart of Damascus, want their rights to be protected. "We, Christians and Muslims, are all brothers and have been living with ...

His parents were both of Lebanese descent. His father came to Canada from Bab Tuma, Damascus, Syria, and his mother was an immigrant from Lebanon. His mother died when he was 18.