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

The Christian community in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday celebrated Christmas by praying in churches. The Greek Melkite Catholic Church in Damascus's old city became crowded in the ...

Syrian Christians took to the streets of Old Damascus on Christmas Eve (Tuesday) to protest the burning of a Christmas tree in the Christian-majority city of Al-Suqaylabiyah by foreign Islamist ...

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH) Syrian Christians took to the streets of Old Damascus on Christmas Eve (Tuesday) to protest the burning of a Christmas tree in the Christian-majority ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

In stark contrast, Christians and Muslims alike happily took photographs in front of a Christmas tree and nativity scene set up in Bab Touma, at the entrance to old Damascus. The tree was an ...

Damascus is preparing for Christmas with ... Another resident named Rawad Diop, wo is 42-years-old said, “Alongside Christmas celebrations, I see smiles on people’s faces that I hadn’t ...

A Syrian Christian woman lights a candle during the first Sunday Mass since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ouster, at Mariamiya Orthodox Church in Old Damascus, Syria, Dec. 15, 2024. Share ...

Markets in the city center, illuminated with Christmas lights and trees ... New chapter for Syrians Jessica Al Huri, a 26-year-old Damascus resident, expressed her optimism about the post-regime ...

A video showing men setting fire to a publicly displayed Christmas tree in the ... George, a 24-year-old Catholic resident of Damascus, who chose to give only his first name to speak freely ...

Christmas decorations are about to go up in Bab Touma, old Damascus Throughout the decades that the Assads ruled Syria, the family sought to portray themselves as protectors of Syria’s many ...