More than a thousand people have been killed in Syria since March 6 after violent clashes broke out between supporters of ...

Discord grows between Malankara Church factions as Orthodox Church rejects Jacobite call for coexistence, demands return of infrastructure.

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The blood spilled in Syria's Alawite villages and cities cries out for acknowledgement. Will we listen, or turn away, comfortable in our selective compassion?

Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

The Greek-Catholic archbishop of Homs, Jean-Abdo Arbach, condemned the massacres of civilians that occurred in Syria last ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

Ancient Christian communities in Syria face extinction amid ongoing violence. Religious leaders urge unity, peace, and ...

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The United Nations Security Council has agreed to a statement condemning widespread violence in Syria's coastal region and calling on Syria's interim authorities to protect all Syrians ...

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