Syria News News Syria » Religion: Syria's Druze sect: caught in the middle of Israeli tensions
Violence has once again broken out in fractured Syria between forces allied with the new Islamist regime and fighters from one of the country's religious minorities. Dozens of members of the Druze ...
News Syria » Religion: Who are the Druze? Violence in Syria, Israeli intervention explained
(NewsNation) — Syria’s government and a minority religious sect announced a new ceasefire Wednesday, capping days of violent clashes between the country’s military forces and some of its Druze ...
News Syria » Religion: Trump must pressure Syria to protect Christians from 'ethno-religious cleansing,' advocate warns
The burial of a 19-year-old who died in the June bombing at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, has come to symbolize the "ethno-religious cleansing" of Syria's Christian indigenous people, says ...
News Syria » Religion: Opinion: Syria’s religious minorities need stability, and we can help
When Americans think of the Middle East, we often focus on the headlines: wars between states, clashes between Sunnis and Shias, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beneath those familiar stories ...
News Syria » Religion: Druze demand self determination in largest protest held since deadly clashes in Syria
Audio is generated with automated technology and may contain errors. Humans wrote and edited the story. BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people demonstrated in Syria’s southern city of Sweida and elsewhere ...
News Syria » Religion: A church bombing leads Syria's Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The day after last month’s deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria’s capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling ...
News Syria » Religion: Understanding an Important Religious Group in Syria
Syria is in a precarious place as it emerges from civil war and a long dictatorship. The recently announced removal of U.S. sanctions bring hopes... Understanding an Important Religious Group in Syria ...
News Syria » Religion: Diplomatic ‘Pressure’ Urged to Protect Christians, Other Religious Minorities Facing ‘Campaign of Death’ in Syria
A once-strong Christian community in Syria has dwindled under persecution as families have faced executions and kidnappings. Girls from Christian or other religious minority homes have been sexually ...
News Syria » Religion: Opinion - Syria’s religious minorities need stability, and we can help
When Americans think of the Middle East, we often focus on the headlines: wars between states, clashes between Sunnis and Shias, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beneath those familiar stories ...
News Syria » Religion: Syria’s religious minorities need stability, and we can help
When Americans think of the Middle East, we often focus on the headlines: wars between states, clashes between Sunnis and Shias, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beneath those familiar stories ...