Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church estimates that number has fallen to around 400,000. When Aphrem learned of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8 ...
such as the Syriac Orthodox Church, or Eastern Catholic churches, including the Maronite Church. Others affiliated with the Assyrian Church of the East and other Nestorian churches. Most of the ...
As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and ...