From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers ...

Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and ...

The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the entire country. By Alissa J. Rubin Reporting from the Faysh Khabur border ...

On Monday night, an Israeli flag was hoisted in southern Syria.That's unusual, to say the least. Even though there was an uneasy, decades-long detente behind the scenes between the Assad regime ...

Now, with those rebels in power, Moscow senses an opportunity to both expand its economic footprint in Syria and hold on to its military bases there.

Syria's new authorities sent major security reinforcements overnight to the cities of Latakia and Tartus in the country's northwest in a bid to get the situation under control, state media reported.

Fierce clashes over the past two days between security forces under Syria’s new Islamist government and gunmen belonging to the country’s Alawite religious minority killed scores of people ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that more than 180 people had been killed in two days of violence in the coastal region of western Syria, which is heavily populated by members of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Syria that they say are ...

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The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Former Bank of Canada Chief Wins Race to Lead Liberal Party, and Canada Mark Carney will replace Justin Trudeau as party leader and the country’s prime minister amid threats from the U.S. He’s ...