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Syria’s Christians and Druze face new wave of violence
As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced a new wave of persecution. Attacks on the country's Christian, Druze and Alawite communities were perpetrated mainly by Islamist jihadists.
As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced ...
Recent violence in Paris and now Mali has set off a storm of anxious discussion and disagreement about how best to help the Syrian refugees.
Nonetheless, Syria's Christians are aware that the regime cannot guarantee their safety forever. "We need protection, but can't be protected by the government," the prelate confided.
DERIKE, Syria — Unlit Christmas lights adorn this small but largely isolated Christian town in northeastern Syria. ... Aboud, also for safety concerns.
Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...
Before the war began in 2011, Syria was home to more than 1.5 million Christians. Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church estimates that number has fallen to around ...
In this week’s Dispatch Faith, journalists Joseph Roche and Iryna Matviyishyn report from Homs, Syria, on the role many Christians feel responsible to play in Syria’s future.Though they fear ...
Members of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians, with Christians reportedly caught up in the violence.
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- Growing numbers of Christians in North America and Europe are joining Christians in Syria's northeast in expressing concern for the future of religious minorities and ...
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