As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced ...

As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced ...

Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...

Syria should not be allowed back into the international community unless it is able to uphold protections for the Druze and ...

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.

Syria's dwindling Christian community fears another wave of persecution, a decade after ISIS systematically attacked them, as the violence intensifies between the Syrian army and rebel groups.

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 ...

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 400,000.

A Syrian Christian man holds up a cross and shouts slogans in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, ... According to 2024 data from the International Christian Concern ...

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 Kurds ...