(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, Syria — This Christmas morning in Syria’s capital ... Syria’s Christian community said they are happy to see the old regime go, many are wary of their new Islamist rulers, led ...

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

When Syrian rebels roared into Damascus after a lightning advance ... chaplain held a church service for an infantry unit during Christmas near the front-line town of Chasiv Yar.

24 (UPI) --Protests in Christian neighborhoods of Syria's capital city erupted after a Christmas tree was set ... The protests took place in Damascus Monday night after video footage on social ...

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

DAMASCUS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday ... filled with a mixed congregation of young and old, holding candles as hymns filled the air and echoed ...