Last December, after more than a decade of fighting, forces opposing President Bashar al-Assad ousted him from power. Some people in Maaloula, long a center for Christianity in Syria, shared their ...

Now residents and clergymen hope that Syria’s new leaders will protect them and their efforts to pass down Christian tradition and the Aramaic language. Many people who had fled the town have ...

The official language is Arabic, though some regions speak local and minority dialects like Kurdish and Aramaic. Syria is a semi ... bazaars and historical ruins. In November and December ...

Now residents and clergymen hope that Syria’s new leaders will protect them and their efforts to pass down Christian tradition and the Aramaic language. Many people who had fled the town have ...

Six million fled abroad. Bringing them home is perhaps the biggest challenge facing Syria's new rulers. But many cannot return, because their homes are in ruins, and jobs and essential services ...

Now residents and clergymen hope that Syria’s new leaders will protect them and their efforts to pass down Christian tradition and the Aramaic language ... a candle before examining the long-damaged ...