A brief opening to shore up progress toward stability in Syria unfortunately coincides with Trump administration decisions to sharply curtail humanitarian and development assistance and to terminate the U.

Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are currently living in Aleppo have paused their church services, according to Majeed Kurdi, a US-based Iraqi Kurdish pastor working with Freedom Seekers International to provide aid to that group.

Syria has announced an ”immediate and complete halt” to its offensive against the Druze minority, after Israel attacked key symbols of power in Damascus. The Syrian government said it had agreed to the ceasefire with some but not all representatives of the Druze community,

It was also the first targeting of the Christian community in Syria since a massacre in 1860 ... Thousands of Christians were also forced from their homes due to the threat from hardline Islamist and jihadist groups, such as IS. Outside the hospital ...

In Damascus, between airstrikes and geopolitical tensions, lives a group of people akin to “conies in the rocks.” These are Syria’s Christians.

Rebuilding Syria is proving a potentially lethal task, as streets and farmland are seeded with unexploded land mines – with children and civilians in harm’s way.

The Damascus-affiliated forces on Tuesday entered the Druze city of Suwayda following days of nascent violence between the community and Bedouin groups. The defense minister announced a ceasefire following a deal with the Druze notables.

Allies of the new Syrian government and other non-state actors have continued violence and discrimination against Christians and others, according to a new report.

Syria continues to face threats supported by foreign actors, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said Wednesday, calling for greater international understanding of the country’s complex security ...