St. Ephraim of Syria ("Homily 4," c ... the twelve is chosen to be their head in order to remove any occasion for division." St. Jerome, "Against Jovinian," c. 393 A.D. "Simon Peter, the son ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is persistent sectarian violence. By Christina Goldbaum Ben Hubbard Raja ...

Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention ... any pretext or slogan – only leads to further deterioration and division,” the ministry said in a statement. “Those who call for such ...

Overnight Israeli air raids on Syria have killed at least two civilians as Israel has stated it is carrying out attacks to protect the Druze minority from government violence, a stance the Syrian ...

OAKLAND — A former Antioch officer became a convicted felon Wednesday, when a jury found him guilty of distributing steroids and obstructing a federal investigation, prosecutors said.

The appointment signals a hard-line shift as Syria's interim president struggles to assert control over fractious armed ...

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said: ‘Israel will not allow the Druze community in Syria to be harmed given the deep commitment to our Druze brothers in Israel.’ Sectarian violence in a ...

In Sweida, religious authorities and military factions said after a meeting that they are “an inseparable part of the united Syrian homeland,” and rejected “division, separation or secession.” ...

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following ...

Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani warned that “any call for external intervention, under any pretext or slogan, only leads to further deterioration and division”. The British-based Syrian ...

It slammed the blasphemous audio which sparked the fighting as “fabricated” and “a deliberate attempt and scheme to provoke sectarian division and discord among the people of Syria.” ...

In Sweida, religious authorities and military factions said after a meeting that they are "an inseparable part of the united Syrian homeland", and rejected "division, separation or secession".