Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.

Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung above the ancient streets of the old city of Damascus.

Through prayer and protest, believers struggle to interpret the promises of newly ascendant Islamist leadership.

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In images captured by Associated Press photographers in December, rifle-toting opposition fighters celebrated in the streets ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

Syria's Christian community has gone from about one million people before the war to only few hundreds of thousands now — ANWAR AMRO Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may ...

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