Recent violence in Paris and now Mali has set off a storm of anxious discussion and disagreement about how best to help the Syrian refugees.

Nonetheless, Syria's Christians are aware that the regime cannot guarantee their safety forever. "We need protection, but can't be protected by the government," the prelate confided.

DERIKE, Syria — Unlit Christmas lights adorn this small but largely isolated Christian town in northeastern Syria. ... Aboud, also for safety concerns.

He was a U.S. citizen, member of the Druze community and had a master's degree in accounting from Oklahoma Christian ...

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.

In this week’s Dispatch Faith, journalists Joseph Roche and Iryna Matviyishyn report from Homs, Syria, on the role many Christians feel responsible to play in Syria’s future.Though they fear ...

Syria's dwindling Christian community fears another wave of persecution, a decade after ISIS systematically attacked them, as the violence intensifies between the Syrian army and rebel groups.

Over 700,000 Christians have fled Syria since 2011. And while some warn of further displacement, others fear a greater threat. “Turkey aims to kill and destroy us and to finish the genocide ...

Fearful Syrian Christians demand justice, ... and deadly clashes involving the Druze community the following month increased concerns about the safety of minorities. ...

Members of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians, with Christians reportedly caught up in the violence.

Since 2011, only 2% of Syrian refugees have been Christians, even though they comprise 10% of Syria’s pre-civil war population and are subject to harsh persecution by Islamist militants.

Sectarian massacres in March that killed over 1,700 mostly Alawite civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, and deadly clashes involving the Druze community the ...