Syrian Christians

How much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?

By Knox Thames — December 24, 2020
(RNS) — The birthplace of Christianity may soon be uninhabitable for its believers without reforms to help them survive.

Syrian Christians may get pulled into civil war

By Stephen Starr — September 24, 2013
(RNS) Christians have lived here for centuries. They have largely supported Assad's regime but are increasingly pawns in the propaganda war between the rebels and the regime.

Syrian Christians live in uneasy alliance with Bashar Assad

By Stephen Starr and S Akminas — May 11, 2012

DAMASCUS, Syria (RNS) Many of Syria's Christians continue to stand by Bashar Assad's regime not out of support but out of fear of civil war if rebels gain strength, or worse, if they win and install an Islamist government hostile to religious minorities. By Stephen Starr and S. Akminas.

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