Former al Qaeda member Ahmed al-Sharaa leads Syria's fragile transition after toppling Assad, facing sectarian violence and questions about his democratic intentions.

Ten months after rebels toppled the long-entrenched Assad regime, little-checked bloodshed has led many Syrians to abandon ...

A Catholic Archbishop in Syria who was kidnapped and tortured by ISIS has been awarded the St John Paul II Award at a special ...

When Americans think of the Middle East, we often focus on the headlines: wars between states, clashes between Sunnis and Shias, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beneath those familiar stories ...

Syria is in a precarious place as it emerges from civil war and a long dictatorship. The recently announced removal of U.S. sanctions bring hopes... Understanding an Important Religious Group in Syria ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria at the weekend has risen to 25, state media said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church ...

Syria's minority religious and ethnic communities, wary of the country's new authorities after outbreaks of sectarian ...

The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. Most Druze religious practices ...

Persecution of Christians worldwide has increased significantly in both quantity and intensity, human rights experts in ...

The committee which organised Syria's first parliamentary elections since the fall ... Observers said six women and 10 members of religious and ethnic minorities were among the 119 people elected to ...