As Syria begins its recovery from years of autocratic rule, there's hope among its religious minorities for an inclusive constitutional settlement. Special envoy Salina Shambos notes religious leaders ...

The rebels, pushing south from Idlib ... some of them hard-line Islamist fighters who have treated religious minorities in Syria harshly. “Everything you’ve been hearing about, we’ve ...

Syria’s historic ethnic and religious minorities include Muslim Kurds and Shi’ites – who feared during the civil war that any future Sunni Islamist rule would imperil their way of life ...

Proposed changes criticised for religious tone as interim government accused of going ‘well beyond’ its caretaker role Syria’s new leaders have been criticised after they announced plans to ...

The changes, announced Wednesday, affect first-to-12th-grade schoolbooks in all Syrian schools, with a focus on history, religion and science textbooks. The Education Ministry under the country ...