Explore the Alawite faith's unique blend of Greek philosophy, Shia Islam, and Christian influences on soul, reincarnation, ...

In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to ...

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Two Republican members of the U.S. Congress were in the Syrian capital Friday on an unofficial visit organized by a Syrian-American nonprofit, the first by U.S. legislators since the ...

By welcoming Syria’s new leader – a former Al Qaeda terrorist – Iraq shows a generosity born of its own violent past to lift a neighbor emerging from conflict.

Israel’s defense minister says that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria ...

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since the ...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”- Blaise Pascal Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.

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Mr Erdogan has accused Israel of stirring up Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities to destabilise a country emerging from one of this century’s deadliest wars. But what worries him most is the ...

Syria was in danger of becoming a Turkish protectorate, explained Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s foreign minister. Syria’s leaders ...