St. George’s Anglican Church in Baghdad—the only Anglican church in Iraq—has always offered a window into the state of things in this often troubled nation, which is still recovering from more than ...

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Beirut Lebanon’s top Druze spiritual leader Sheikh al Aql , Dr . Sami Abi Al-Mona, pointed out that “with the true reality in Sweida being revealed day after day, with the massive loss of life and ...

In July 2025, clashes between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Arabs backed by government-affiliated forces led to ...

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The push by the dispensation in Syria to establish a centralised Islamist regime in Damascus has deepened the country’s sectarian wounds ...

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Having started on 19 July and lasted for about five days, with considerable bloodshed and subsequent displacements, the ...