Many Christians across Syria were uncertain about their future under insurgent rule, given the radical history of groups like HTS and their ties to ISIS and al-Qaeda. Weeks later, the insurgents ...

Rumeith, or Tell er-Ramith1 is an Iron Age site located 15 km to the east of Irbid and 7 km south of Ramtha. The site was built on the commanding tell, overlooking the Irbit Plateau from western side ...

In Sweden, I met Razouk, a refugee who had fled Syria after being threatened by the Assad regime and severely tortured by a ...

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary faculty noted the importance of discipleship as a lifelong journey and the role of ...

To grow oranges for profit and pleasure, was one of my prewar ambitions. And in the course of learning the business I met, at different times and places, some exceptional persons including Mustapha ...

The risk tolerance of Christians appears to have shifted from a generation ago. We are now far more reluctant to take risks ...

Civilian hostage Arbel Yehoud among six to be released this week • Israel will allow returns of Gazans to north ...

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

In the Bible, the area around Petra is called Edom ... the geography of an an area entirely unknown.” Burckhardt left Damascus on June 18, 1812. Heading south through what is now Jordan ...

Homeschool students would have guaranteed access to college admission testing at their local public school under legislation ...

A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani became the first head of state to visit Damascus since the ousting of Bashar Assad, arriving in the Syrian capital on Thursday. Sheikh Tamim was welcomed ...