At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...

Greek Orthodox Christians in Damascus held an Epitaphios procession, proudly raising the Byzantine double-headed eagle flag ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Syria's new president pledged to disband all militias in this multi-ethnic, multi-sectarian country after the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December. So far, with the Druze ...

Syria's new president pledged to disband all militias in this multi-ethnic, multi-sectarian country after the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December. So far, with the Druze, those ...

The new Syrian government has many issues to tackle at the same time, and recent actions have shown that it’s on the right path. Ahmed al-Sharaa’s new government held its first meeting on ...

JURIST Staff, US We may not have the infrastructure, but we have the will. —Banner held at protests across Syria, April 2025 In an unprecedented wave of demonstrations ...

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn on Saturday, March 29 nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability ...

"We cannot support individuals," Uli al-Baas, which continues to promote the Syrian flag used under Assad, said. "We believe that the Syrian people are the decision-makers." ...

The question was whether that past was truly past. Were Shara’s pious words about including all of Syria’s communities in the new order genuine—or a mask to obtain the foreign funding ...