As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced ...

Recent violence in Paris and now Mali has set off a storm of anxious discussion and disagreement about how best to help the Syrian refugees.

Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...

DERIKE, Syria — Unlit Christmas lights adorn this small but largely isolated Christian town in northeastern Syria. ... Aboud, also for safety concerns.

Nonetheless, Syria's Christians are aware that the regime cannot guarantee their safety forever. "We need protection, but can't be protected by the government," the prelate confided.

Before the war began in 2011, Syria was home to more than 1.5 million Christians. Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church estimates that number has fallen to around 400,000.

In this week’s Dispatch Faith, journalists Joseph Roche and Iryna Matviyishyn report from Homs, Syria, on the role many Christians feel responsible to play in Syria’s future.Though they fear ...

Members of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians, with Christians reportedly caught up in the violence.

A Syrian Christian man holds up a cross and shouts slogans in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, ... According to 2024 data from the International Christian Concern ...

AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- Growing numbers of Christians in North America and Europe are joining Christians in Syria's northeast in expressing concern for the future of religious minorities and Kurds ...

Since 2011, only 2% of Syrian refugees have been Christians, even though they comprise 10% of Syria’s pre-civil war population and are subject to harsh persecution by Islamist militants.