Syria News News Syria » Religion: European Parliament to host conference on future of Christians in Syria
The future of Christians in Syria will be the focus of a conference at the European Parliament on Tuesday (Sept. 8), bringing together church leaders, European Union policymakers and Syrian ...
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: Is the Relationship Between Religion and State Being Redefined in Syria?
President al-Sharaa now confronts this legacy: religion as a vehicle of political resistance and as a core component of identity ...
News Syria » Religion: European Policymakers Call for Equal Rights for Syria's Christians
The gathering is being organized by the European Syriac Union (ESU), the European Centre for Law and Justice, Syriac Cross Belgium, the Sallux ECPP Foundation and Jubilee Campaign Netherlands, in ...
News Syria » Religion: Former grand mufti’s life sentence shows how far Syria will pursue Assad-era religious enablers
On Monday, a court in Damascus sentenced Hassoun to life imprisonment after convicting him of charges including inciting civil war and sectarian strife, incitement to intentional homicide and ...
News Syria » Religion: Assad-era's grand mufti sentenced to life in prison by Syrian court
Former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, an Assad loyalist who was vocally in support of the government's policies, was convicted of inciting violence and justifying murder.
News Syria » Religion: Druze demand self determination in largest protest held since deadly clashes in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people demonstrated in Syria’s southern city of Sweida and elsewhere on Saturday to demand the right to self determination for the Druze minority, the largest protests to ...
News Syria » Religion: New Syria law expands state regulation of religious affairs
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has signed into law a new bill expanding the powers of a government ministry overseeing religious affairs and limiting the term of the country’s top Muslim cleric. The ...
News Syria » Religion: Druze religious council submits evidence to UN on genocide, systematic attacks against Syrian Druze
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People stand next to a destroyed tank, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces ...
News Syria » Religion: The path to security for Syria’s minorities goes through equal citizenship
Earlier this month, over 1,100 people were reportedly killed during clashes in southern Syria involving the members of the Druze, a religious minority, the Bedouin, traditionally nomadic Sunni Muslim ...
News Syria » Religion: Syrian fragmentation fears abound as militia, religious minorities seek autonomy
As President Ahmed al Sharaa hopes to seize his “opportunity for peace” in Syria, factions within the post-revolution nation threaten to tear it apart before the new era can even begin. From ethnic ...
News Syria » Religion: Syrian ceasefire tests the loyalties of Druze communities in Golan Heights
A fragile ceasefire between Druze fighters and armed Bedouin clans in Syria has brought an uneasy pause in the violence there but a strain on Syria's interim government, and tested the loyalties of ...