AFP photographer Sameer al-Doumy never dreamed he would be able to return to the hometown in Syria that he escaped through a ...

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday ...

Hundreds of Christians in war-ravaged Gaza City gathered at a church on Tuesday, praying for an end to the war that has ...

This Christmas season, like last year's, the Christian community in Gaza are spending the holiday mourning incalculable ...

Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since ...

Syria's new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution ...

As Christmas lights illuminate homes around the world, casting a glow of joy and celebration, the Christian community in Gaza faces a starkly different reality. For nearly 700 individuals, there are ...

Hundreds of people gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark another solemn ...

ANKARA — An explosion at an ammunition plant in western Turkey on Tuesday killed 11 people and wounded seven others, Turkish ...

Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, as ...