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

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.

Through prayer and protest, believers struggle to interpret the promises of newly ascendant Islamist leadership.

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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 ...

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.

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 ...