as well as Lebanon and Syria. Francis repeated his calls for the release of hostages taken from Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, ...

Fourteen members of the Syrian police have been killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. The officers died in the Tartus countryside in the west of the country, ...

Christians in Syria are struggling with how publicly to celebrate Christmas this year. There is a lot unknown about the interim government ruling Syria and their tolerance of religious minorities.

Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung above the ancient streets of the old city of Damascus.

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in protest after a Christmas tree was set alight near the city of Hama. A video ...

Protests erupted in Christian neighborhoods of the Syrian capital Damascus after a Christmas tree was set on fire in another ...

A Christmas tree stands among the fallen stones in the ruins of a Catholic church in southern Lebanon that was hit by an ...

Ukraine, like the United States, is a volunteer society, and immediately after the war, groups sprang up around the country ...

Police are treating a car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany that killed at least five people as an attack ...

Hundreds of people in the U.S. have died in shootings over the past 25 years in places like offices, stores and theaters ...