Syrian activists gather at the Umayyad square during a protest to demand a secular state, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
12-20-2024

Dave Eubank and his ministry, the Free Burma Rangers, have worked extensively for many years inside Syria. During the rise of ISIS, they braved the danger to reach out to many caught in the crossfire.

Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters before a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
12-20-2024

New pressure is building on Israel from the United Nations as it passed a resolution pushed by Norway, asking the International Court of Justice to decide if Israel is obligated to support aid groups such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza.

Chrismukkah (Adobe stock image)
12-19-2024

This year, Christmas and the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah coincide on Dec. 25 for a rare alignment of the two celebrations. Both Christmas and Hanukkah celebrate God's deliverance. Christmas, of course, celebrates the Messiah coming to earth as a baby in the manger to save the world...

Ten Commandments Tablet
12-19-2024

A rare stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments was sold at an auction in New York Wednesday. 

Orthodox Jew Jonathan Feldstein and Iranian Christian Marziyeh Amirizadeh partner in Root and Branch, a project bringing Jews and Christians together in Israel.
12-19-2024

The aftermath of October 7th has brought many unique people from around the world together in Israel to offer their help. In one example, an Iranian-born Christian, an Orthodox Jew, and a large family from the Arctic Circle have teamed up to help suffering communities here.

Michael Levy, left on screen, who is the brother of Hamas hostage Or Levy, speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
12-19-2024

Israeli airstrikes pounded the rebel regime in Yemen early Thursday after the Houthis launched another missile at Israel – one of several fired at the Jewish state in recent days.

A Syrian Christians woman cries, as she attends the first Sunday Mass since Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster, at Mariamiya Orthodox Church in old Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
12-18-2024

This Christmas, the Middle East — the birthplace of Jesus — is reeling. The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is just the latest chaotic event.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, visits Israeli forces in a buffer zone inside Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Israel Government Press Office via AP)
12-18-2024

A deal to free the Hamas-held hostages and end the war in Gaza remains elusive. Some freed hostages worry that Israel may accept a deal in which Hamas would release only a few captives at a time. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in the Golan buffer zone with Syria.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
12-17-2024

"We had a very good talk." That's how President-elect Donald Trump described his recent conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Monday press conference.

This photo shows the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Ahmad al-Sharaa, (Abu Mohammed al-Golani), right, as he meets with United Nations' special envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, in Damascus, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (SANA News Agency via AP)
12-16-2024

Nina Shea is the Director of Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C. After the fall of the Assad regime and the takeover by Sunni Syrian rebels, Shea sounded the alarm about the danger to Syrian Christians in a recent article.

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