Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians ...

Allies of the new Syrian government and other non-state actors have continued violence and discrimination against Christians ...

Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4). In 1970 the defence minister, Hafez al-Assad, took over the party ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

Syria’s Factions Explained in a Map. ... Distinct ethnic and religious groups have called for self-determination for more than a century since their land was absorbed into the larger, ...

There are an estimated 700,000 Druze in Syria, making them the country's third-largest religious group; there are also around 230,000 in Lebanon and 25,000 in Jordan. Israel and the Palestinian ...

HTS says it plans to reform Syria’s education system, tilting it toward the group’s narrow religious doctrine, which has alarmed both Muslims and non-Muslims alike and women’s rights activists.

Syria: religious and ethnic composition. Omar KAMAL, Nalini LEPETIT-CHELLA, Olivia BUGAULT; ... Map showing the zones of control of the different forces in Syria as of February 26, ...

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and other religious groups expect their rights and freedoms to be preserved ...

Syria does not need a ‘handshake litmus test’ Whatever Western media may have you believe, the Syrian leadership’s handshake choices will not determine the country’s future.

12/18/2024 December 18, 2024. Syria's population, comprising various ethnic and religious groups, makes it one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East. DW takes a closer look.