The monastery and tomb of the old saint had seen numerous desert raiders in the past 16 centuries. When Muslim conquerors ...

Many in the capital worry that the secular freedoms they enjoyed under the Assad regime are under threat from the new ...

A June terrori attack, the deadliest in recent memory, sent shockwaves through Syria's dwindling Christian population, communities that have endured in this ancient land for almost two millennia. Now, ...

Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious ...

Turning a blind eye to what is happening in Syria again would be a stain not just on American foreign policy, but on the ...

Assad, the language of authority has changed in Syria. Yet these new titles (“Emir,” “Branch Emir” or “Sheikh of the group") ...

Greece received assurances from Egypt on the preservation of the current status of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai.

What do the pre-eminent Georgian Poet Shota Rustaveli, the Byzantine Theologian Maximus the Confessor, and the Jewish Scribal ...

Dr Nassar grew up in Latakia on Syria’s Mediterranean coast alongside Alawites, a religious minority in Syria which ...

Syria’s friends should demand the Syrian government do more to protect all vulnerable groups targeted by violent extremists ...

Pope Francis proclaimed last year, after Zelenskyy signed the law banning the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, as well as religious organisations affiliated with it.