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 ...

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, ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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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’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are weighing whether to trust them.

In all, there have been at least 31 attacks on U.S. installations in Iraq and Syria over the past two weeks, the Pentagon said, in what officials have described as a response by Iranian-backed ...