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After deadly clashes in southern Syria, Euronews spoke exclusively to religious leaders and activists from the community ...

Religious minorities in Syria face persecution under the new Islamist government, highlighting the critical importance of ...

For three days last week, Osama Bshnak Radwan and his family cowered in their townhouse as rockets, artillery and bullets pulverized their Syrian enclave. Then, five armed men in military fatigues ...

From expressing gratitude to connecting spiritually and mourning, know the significance of fasting on Ashura for Shia and Sunni Muslims.

Straddling Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Druze occupy a special niche in the ...

COMMENTARY: Everywhere, in the Middle East and other conflict zones around the world, there are attempts to play up and weaponize 'the Christian angle.' ...

Sunni Muslims and Greek Orthodox Christians live among them in peace. But as militants barged into homes, looting cell phones and cash, they killed adult Alawite males and sometimes whole families.

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Healing the Sunni–Shia rift requires the Muslim world to confront its moral fracture and stand decisively for justice in all ...

• It is not intersectionality. It is anti-intersectionality, because it erases every other war survivor who isn’t Palestinian ...

What to know about the Islamic New Year and how Muslims observe it More than 20 countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Syria, have designated the Hijri New Year a national holiday.