As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic ...

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

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Through sacrifice and unwavering faith, Abraham’s covenant with God prefigures the greater fulfillment in Christ, as depicted ...

The fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria in December was viewed by the country’s minorities with a mixture of cautious optimism and apprehension. Just three months later, a wave of violence has made ...

The mosque, on a site in Jerusalem's Old City that Jews call the Temple Mount and revere as the site of two ancient temples .

Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

An ancient human tooth belonging to a child and stunning figurines were recently uncovered at the Acropolis of Amphipolis ...

Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves ...

Lebanon is hosting more than 755,000 registered Syrian refugees, with hundreds of thousands more believed to be unregistered.

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping ...