The Syrian regime’s brutal response to protests with bullets set this grim reality in motion: from the very beginning of the Syrian uprising (March 2011) ...

The recent surge of violence in Syria lays bare the challenges interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa faces in delivering on his ...

More than 30 members of one family spoke to Al-Monitor after fleeing into northern Lebanon from Syria amid a spasm of ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787, after decades of persecution.

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When we went downstairs, our blood ran cold at the sight we saw. My father-in-law was lying on the floor, covered in blood.

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From Maghar to Tiberias, the voices of Israel’s Druze and Christian communities share a common theme: unity. Despite the ...

As of this writing, there is a cultural genocide going on in Syria. Alawites, Christians, Druze, and other religious ...

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In the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil despite evidence to the ...