Syria’s defense minister has announced a ceasefire after days of sectarian violence in Sweida province. Government forces ...

Clashes in Syria between Bedouin tribes, government forces, and the Druze minority have left dozens dead, raising fears of ...

Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Damascus summer camps has grown from 63 campers in a parish-based effort to 7,000 ...

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The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad. Once ...

Fears mount for Syrian Christians about whether the new Islamist government is committed to their protection following the ...

Archbishop Samir Nassar closed his June 24-30 visit from Damascus, Syria, to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis by celebrating the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul with Archbishop Bernard ...

The death toll from a suicide bombing at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Damascus on Sunday has risen to 25, Syria's state news agency SANA reported on Monday citing the ...

A dramatic 1937 film depicting the stoning of Stephen, Saul's persecution of Christians, and his transformative conversion on the road to Damascus. Featuring the vision of Jesus and Ananias.

The road’s reopening will come as a relief to commuters whose usual 10-to-15-mile trips from the eastern part of the county toward Damascus have become 30-mile detours along winding country roads.