She minted coins in Antioch and Alexandria ... controlled a vast territory stretching from southern Syria through Jordan to the Hejaz. Meanwhile, the Banu Lakhm (Lakhmids), who remained pagan ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim bold statements 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.

Terry Mattingly writes: hundreds of ethnic and religious minorities, including Christians, have been killed by Islamist militias in Syria.

LATAKIA: Syria's leader on Sunday (Mar 9 ... During a sermon in Damascus, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X said Christians were among those killed and called on Sharaa to "put ...

Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.

Syria's interim government has signed a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country's oil-rich northeast. The agreement - which includes a ceasefire and the merging of Syrian ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s new rulers held a long-awaited national dialogue conference Tuesday, which they touted as as a “rare historical opportunity” to rebuild the country after the fall ...

With Bashar al-Assad's departure, the fate of Syria's Alawite community remains precarious. Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni ...