In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787, after decades of persecution.

The Syrian Defense Ministry sent dozens of military vehicles to the border following the killing of three Syrian soldiers by ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria fear the Middle Eastern nation has traded one oppressor for another since ...

International donors have pledged almost $6.5 billion in aid for Syria. They hope to encourage the new leaders of the ...

The recent violence in Syria’s coastal region represents a significant threat to the country’s political transition.

The deadly clashes that erupted this week in an area between Lebanon and Syria have brought historical border issues and ...

By bna Cairo bureau Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal region during a military campaign against ...

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region. What began ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

Approximately a thousand people are estimated to have been killed in Syria’s coastal region after violence that followed an ...

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip Syria’s coastal region. By Christina Goldbaum and Euan Ward Christina ...