Syria, Islam and Sects
Factbox-Syria's Sects: Delicate Mix for Its New Islamist Leaders
- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic Syria. Groups include the Greek Orthodox, Maronites, Syriac Orthodox and Catholics, Chaldeans, Assyrians, and Armenian Orthodox and Catholics. There also are a few Protestants.
Syria, Turkish Foreign Ministry and Damascus
Qatar, Syria and Jordan
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
The United Nations Security Council has agreed to a statement condemning widespread violence in Syria's coastal region and ...
The violence in Alawite areas is one sign of Syria’s fragmentation. In the north, Kurdish groups have their own enclaves and ...
Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
Assaults on the country's Alawite minority continue despite promises that Syria's new leaders will carve out a future that ...
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations' special envoy for Syria said on Friday that now is the time for a "genuine, credible ...
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