Allies of the new Syrian government and other non-state actors have continued violence and discrimination against Christians ...

The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to ...

Violence has once again broken out in fractured Syria between forces allied with the new Islamist regime and fighters from one of the country's religious minorities. Dozens of members of the Druze ...

Three Days of Brutal Attacks on Religious Minorities in Syria Leave Hundreds Dead Israel offers support to Syria’s Christian minority groups after government officials are accused of retribution ...

Syria was placed under French rule in 1922. Anti-colonial feeling strengthened a sense of Syrian identity among different ethnic and religious groups.

Syria blamed the Islamic State group — entered with a rifle and began firing. As worshippers tackled him, he detonated an ...

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and other religious groups expect their rights and freedoms to be preserved ...

An ancient town in Syria is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used.

The remarkable downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has liberated millions from his tyranny, but Syrian Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities remain fearful of their ...

JULIS, Israel (Reuters) - A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel's backing for the ...

There are Turkish-backed rebels and Sunni Muslim jihadists in the north, Kurds ruling over much of Syria’s east, and Jordan-backed militants in the south, among others. These groups fought a ...

Under current conditions, the preferred option for Syria would be a secular democratic system with an embedded philosophy of religious moderation in social and political landscapes.