Reports of a wave of killings in Syria’s coastal region sparked an ... sectarian tensions in what has become the most serious crisis yet for the war-torn country’s new government.
As part of an effort to deepen its influence in southern Syria, Israel has been seeking stronger ties with the Druse religious minority that holds sway there. By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from ...
making it appear as if what has been happening in Syria was “Christians and Alawites being massacred,” if not just a “massacre of hundreds of Christians.” European anti-immigration ...
Syria: Clashes between new security forces and Assad loyalists erupted on Thursday in the Alawite heartland, escalating into reported mass killings. Months after the ousting of former president ...
THE UN has warned that the water crisis facing 5.5 million people in Syria’s Damascus may constitute a war crime. Residents have been deprived of water since December when a reserve in the rebel-held ...
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 ...
A Syrian security source said the pace of fighting had slowed around the cities of Latakia, Jabla and Baniyas, while forces searched surrounding mountainous areas where an estimated 5,000 pro ...
Catholic and other faith leaders have brought nuance to the national conversation on responding to the immigration crisis. We’re in danger of forgetting that. A pastoral statement issued in late ...
Illegal immigration raises demand for housing ... Some experts worried that because Trump didn’t mention the housing crisis in his joint address to Congress last Tuesday, it is no longer ...
They kidnapped; they killed; they humiliated; they kicked people out of jobs," explained an Alawite writer living in coastal Syria. "One way or another, this was going to happen." "This" is the ...
Syria’s National Dialogue, a key moment in the country’s political transition after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December, concluded on Tuesday. A statement delivered at the end of ...
The European Union moved to end Syria’s economic isolation by easing energy and banking sanctions, even though the Trump administration has put a brake on U.S. efforts to relax economic pressure.