the capitals) by location on a map: see the long list of Online ... 16:1); note that this "Pisidian Antioch" is different from the "Syrian Antioch" mentioned above MACEDONIA - area of "Europe ...

As Syrians living under the control of Islamist-led rebel forces continue to face an uncertain future, the supreme head of ...

The Patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, and Melkite Greek Catholic Churches of Antioch have jointly sent a congratulatory telegram to Syrian President Ahmad Al-Shara, marking his ...

Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Hospitals workers say at least 19 people were killed all but one of them women when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a ...

which assured “respect for the rights of Christians” in Syria. The Patriarchate of Antioch remains in suspense politically and also ecclesiastically, being the only Church that explicitly ...

This more detailed road map for Syria's future followed a day after al-Sharaa's first speech at the "Conference for Announcing the Victory of the Syrian Revolution." After he was officially ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

Many Christians across Syria were uncertain about their future under insurgent rule, given the radical history of groups like HTS and their ties to ISIS and al-Qaeda. Weeks later, the insurgents ...

One day after the announcement of Syria's new interim president, the former leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militia, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held his first presidential address to the nation. ...

“Right now, we have a political decision, we have a road map, we have a step-for-step approach.” Syria conducts very little trade with Europe currently, largely because of a sweeping sanctions ...