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

Assad's regime, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr travelled to Syria to interview rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known by his nom ...

In images captured by Associated Press photographers in December, rifle-toting opposition fighters celebrated in the streets ...

Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. The now ruling Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, in Syria ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — This Christmas morning in Syria’s capital, Christians dressed in their finest clothes, attended church and participated in the annual parade through the ancient part of the city.

Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.

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Syria's Christian community has gone from about one million people before the war to only few hundreds of thousands now — ANWAR AMRO Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may ...

ANWAR AMRO/AFP/AFP Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad ...

A video shared on X purports to show former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visiting his aunt’s home in Moscow, Russia.

Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar ...

DAMASCUS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in early December, in an early test of ...