Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria said Sunday the recent ouster of the Assad family from power should be ...

After enduring decades of isolation amid border disputes, residents of Ghajar are focused on their Syrian kin, who face ...

Calls for Syria’s new authorities to guarantee equality and safety for Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities have been loud ...

In an interview upon his arrival in Daraa, the religious leader said he still dreams of a liberated Syria: “We spent nearly 60 years under oppression and tyranny. Today, we want to be free.” ...

but Syrian Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities remain fearful of their future. Should the new powers persecute Christians and other minorities, they will have to run for their lives.

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

Syria's rich history of peaceful coexistence is a natural blueprint for interfaith governance after the sham pluralism of the ...

The religious volatility that has erupted in Syria is not the first signs of emerging religious authoritarianism — rather, it is the consequence of new-found freedom and a reminder of the price ...

Now, foreign countries are trying to steer Syria’s new de facto leaders toward an inclusive government free of sectarian ...