Alongside the traditional gluehwein and sausages on offer at a Christmas market in small-town ... kibbeh served by a family of refugees from the Syrian war. As hostility towards immigrants has ...

Protests have broken out in Syria over the burning of a Christmas tree, prompting calls for the new Islamist authorities to take steps to protect minorities. A video posted on social media showed ...

He said he had spent three days living in a mountain area around the border between Lebanon and Syria "without food and water ... "It truly is a Christmas miracle," Owens said.

A tumultuous year for Syria ended on a sour note with protests after images and videos circulated of the burning of a Christmas tree in a Christian-majority city near Damascus. News of the burning ...