Syria, Christmas

Christmas In Post-Assad Syria Tainted By Fears For Minority's Future
Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.
Syrian Christians attend Christmas mass for first time since fall of Assad
Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in early December, in an early test of the new Islamist rulers' pledges to protect the rights of the country's religious minorities.
Syrian Christians call for greater protections after Christmas tree burned
Scores of Syrian Christians protested in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, demanding greater protections for their religious minority after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hama a day earlier.
Fears rise among Syrian Christians after Christmas tree burning incident
The burning of a Christmas tree by armed men in the Syrian city of Hama has caused concern among Christians. Many of them fear they may become targets of Islamic factions after the fall of the Assad regime.
Syria's Christians fearful of new Islamist leaders as Christmas approaches
Christian leaders fearful of provoking Islamists Several incidents recorded of intimidation of Christians New HTS rulers giving assurances of religious tolerance Scars of war and dictatorship unlikely to heal quickly DAMASCUS,
Hundreds protest in Syria after burning of Christmas tree sparks outrage among Christians
Protesters were demanding Christian rights and condemning injustice amid growing Islamist influence post-Assad, after Islamist fighters burned a Christmas tree.

Assad’s fall triggers a new flow of refugees

Inside a stunning week across Syria following the overthrow of the Assad regime
Inside a stunning week across Syria following the overthrow of the Assad regime - FIRST PERSON: Bel Trew spent days ...
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Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What happens next for him and his wealth?
Assad claimed in the statement Monday that he had no intention of fleeing Syria for Russia and that he wanted to keep ...
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Discovery of mass graves in Syria sheds new light on brutality of fallen Assad regime
With the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the scale of his regime's mass killings and executions are coming to light more and more each day. The United Nations said this week the ...
What Assad’s fall has revealed about Syria’s trade in the stimulant drug Captagon
Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
New details of notorious Captagon drug trade exposed with collapse of Syria's Assad regime
A CBS News team gained access to a site outside Damascus which holds the precursor chemicals for Captagon, one of the most ...
Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...
100K Return to Syria After Assad's Fall, UN Migration Head Reports
Many of the100,000 have entered Syria from neighboring countries such as Lebanon as they attempt to travel to their former ...
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Syria's al-Sharaa pushes for unified military amid post-Assad challenges
Syria suffered 13 years of civil war and one result of this was the fragmentation of the country. Many rebel groups ...