Bashar Assad
Pope Francis has not forgotten the people of Syria, says cardinal
By Claire Giangravé — March 23, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — COVID-19 and other crises have overshadowed the ongoing suffering in Syria. Catholic relief groups hope to draw the world's attention to the crisis there.
Sean Spicer’s worst alternative fact. Ever.
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 11, 2017
(RNS) It is time for Sean Spicer to resign. Or, visit the US Holocaust Museum. Or, both.
Donald Trump’s jihad on Muslims
By Arsalan Iftikhar — August 15, 2016
(RNS) Trump believes that if we just utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism' enough times, an Aladdin-esque blue genie in a bottle will come defeat ISIS in one fell swoop.
Last-minute politics overshadow historic pan-Orthodox council
By Tom Heneghan — December 18, 2015
(RNS) The Orthodox churches were supposed to be only months away from their first major council since the year 787.
The shocking photos many hope will inspire stronger US action in Syria
By Lauren Markoe — July 15, 2015
(RNS) A sign at the entrance to the exhibit warns of the shocking nature of the images beyond -- photos smuggled out of Syria that show emaciated and grotesquely mutilated victims of dictator Bashar Assad's prisons and torture chambers.
Syrian Christians may get pulled into civil war
By Stephen Starr — September 24, 2013
(RNS) Christians have lived here for centuries. They have largely supported Assad's regime but are increasingly pawns in the propaganda war between the rebels and the regime.
ANALYSIS: Is ‘Just War’ doctrine another victim of the Syrian conflict?
By David Gibson — September 11, 2013
(RNS) The central problem is not that the just war doctrine is being dismissed or condemned, but that both sides in the debate over Syria are citing just war theory, but are reaching diametrically opposed conclusions.
On Syrian conflict, three Christian perspectives
By Jonathan Merritt — September 3, 2013
As America considers military intervention in Syria, Christians gravitate toward three perspectives.
Armenia struggles to absorb Christian refugees from Syria
By Diana Markosian — February 20, 2013
YEREVAN, Armenia (RNS) An estimated 7,000 of Syria's Christian-Armenian community have arrived in Armenia since the start of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad, and cash-strapped Armenia is struggling to help them.
Pope Benedict XVI prepares to embark on high-risk trip to Lebanon
By Alessandro Speciale — September 11, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI embarks Friday (Sept. 14) on a high-risk trip to Lebanon, as the country's stability is threatened by spillover from the conflict in neighboring Syria. By Alessandro Speciale.
Syrian Christians live in uneasy alliance with Bashar Assad
By Stephen Starr and S Akminas — May 11, 2012
DAMASCUS, Syria (RNS) Many of Syria's Christians continue to stand by Bashar Assad's regime not out of support but out of fear of civil war if rebels gain strength, or worse, if they win and install an Islamist government hostile to religious minorities. By Stephen Starr and S. Akminas.
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