Their churches, schools, and homes have come under fire in the ongoing civil war, and the fear of further displacement looms ...

After 13 years of civil war, the forces that overthrew Bashar al-Assad have a long list of wrongs to set right. Residents of ...

In ancient days, when a watchman on Israel’s walls detected an approaching enemy, the first thing he did was grab his shofar.

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

Hamadeh is the child of Syrian immigrants with Druze, Kurdish and Muslim heritage and served in the U.S. military in Saudi Arabia ...

With each new twist in Syria’s tragedy – the popular uprising ... radiant with naive charm and poetic enchantment, tell Old Testament stories. There’s the parting of the Red Sea replete ...

In our Gospel reading today, Jesus challenges the narrow view of God held by the people of Nazareth, his hometown. Just as ...

Jesus believed in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the “Day of the Lord,” but that day never arrived, and ...

The sweaters, wrist bands and beanies emblazoned with Syria's revolutionary flag are a testament to the civic ... country's post-Assad transitional period. Old laws are no longer enforced, and ...

"For Palestinians, imprisonment without due process is commonplace," the activist said after federal agents arrested him for ...

Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.