The faithful gathered for a more than symbolic rite at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Damascus — the Feast of All Antiochian Saints. During this June 22 service, a jihadi ...

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The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

The faithful gathered for a more than symbolic rite at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Damascus — the Feast of All Antiochian Saints.

It has been seven months since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in Syria, thrusting the country into a new era after 54 ...

A Syrian official says firefighters are facing heavy winds, high temperatures and ordnance left behind from the country's ...

Syrian firefighters are working to extinguish fires, which started last week, with reinforcements from Jordan, Turkey and ...

The years of chaos included the rise of IS in Syria, whose sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks. “We are a main ...

(KRON) — A young resident quickly alerted Antioch Animal Services when they heard the cries of a stray cat who landed in the bottom of a nearby storm drain. The incident happened recently on … ...

OSV News) – A U.S. bishop is calling for “ardent prayer” and an end to sectarian violence in Syria, following a suicide bombing at a Damascus church June 22 that killed at least 25.

Following a preliminary investigation, the Syrian government says the Islamic State is responsible for a suicide bombing at a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus that killed at least 22 people and ...

At least 22 people have been killed and 63 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a church in Damascus, Syria’s health ministry has said. ..