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.

A series of violent clashes in Syria points to both the lingering Russian and Iranian presence in the country, as well as the ...

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

Since the fall of Assad, Mourad has repeatedly stated that no deliberate violence has been committed against Christians in ...

Syria's fragile transition from decades of Assad family brutal rule has been greatly shaken with an outburst of sectarian retribution and killings, posing a serious challenge to the new leadership led ...

Fighters siding with Syria's new government stormed several villages near the country's coast, killing dozens of men in ...

Another 60 people were killed in the town of Baniyas, including women and children, the observatory said. Syrian authorities did not publish ... that government forces were firing with heavy machine ...

The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building since the ouster of President Assad.

Entire families, including women and children ... "Who wants to liberate Syria from the new regime should have behind him forces much bigger than a few hundred gunmen carrying machine guns ...

"In a number of extremely disturbing instances, entire families, including women, children and individuals were killed," the United Nations said. A few days later, the Syrian government announced ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian war monitor says gunmen loyal to the government ... Abdurrahman said the gunmen shot dead 69 men and ...

Credit: AP/Omar Albam Another 60 people were killed in the town of Baniyas, including women and children, the observatory said. Syrian authorities ... firing with heavy machine guns in the town's ...