Another challenge is Syria's population— it is one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East and with that ... Understanding an Important Religious Group in Syria. May 14, 2025 3:17 PM ET ...

There are an estimated 700,000 Druze in Syria, making them the country's third-largest religious group; there are also around 230,000 in Lebanon and 25,000 in Jordan. Israel and the Palestinian ...

The United States stands with Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish communities, and offers its condolences to the victims and their families.

Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4). In 1970 the defence minister, Hafez al-Assad, took over the party ...

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and other religious groups expect their rights and freedoms to be preserved ...

Syrian nuns pray at the Greek Orthodox Convent of Saint Thecla in the town of Maaloula, Syria, Sunday Jan. 12, 2025. Credit: AP/Omar Sanadiki By The Associated Press February 28, 2025 ...

Reuters. People gather on the day Israeli Druze leader Sheik Mowafaq Tarif and around 100 Syrian Druze religious elders, in the first Druze delegation from Syria just after 1973 war, visit the ...

Map of Syria showing the southern province of Sweida, as well as the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, where protests have occurred over growing economic hardships. Demonstrations have also ...

Syria's population, comprising various ethnic and religious groups, makes it one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East. DW takes a closer look.

Religious groups and activists, who came together a decade ago to rally against another atrocity, the genocide in Darfur, are split over Syria. NPR's Michele Kelemen has more.

In woods, playgrounds and stadiums across Syria, children and adults perform yoga routines. Their palms open in supplication, their arms flung back, they chant “Surya Namaskar “. It sounds ...