German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp was in Iraq this week to present his new book, “The Christian Legacy in Iraq.” ...

As Syrians living under the control of Islamist-led rebel forces continue to face an uncertain future, the supreme head of ...

Salim Iskef fled Syria - where Islamic State militants had killed his father - for Sweden, only to be gunned down this week ...

SYRIA – The life of Hanna Danho’s grandfather is a small tile in a much larger mosaic: the tragedy that Syriac, Assyrian, and Chaldean Christians have lived through over the last century.

Lebanese Christians are celebrating Mar Maroun this week, a Syrian saint as the country moves into a new age with its first government in years.

Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...

Many Christians across Syria were uncertain about their future under insurgent rule, given the radical history of groups like ...

Before the war began in 2011, Syria was home to more than 1.5 million Christians. Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church estimates that number has fallen to around 400,000.

Some scholars of Syriac Christianity say that Syriac is the third lung. As a recent poem written in Syriac reads, "Come, o brothers and sisters, let us breathe with the three lungs: along with ...

Hungarian government contributes 60 million forints (EUR 145,000) for refurbishing Syriac Orthodox Monastery Tristan Azbej, the state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians and the head of the ...