International community denounces church attack in Syria; death toll rises to 25

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria at the weekend has risen to 25, Syrian state media said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church during a Divine Liturgy in Dweila, near Damascus, …

Israel condemns deadly Damascus church bombing, reaches out to Syria's Christians

Suicide bombing attack on church in Syria

Attack on Orthodox Christians in Syria Happens Against Backdrop of Islamist Rivalry

As we reported, an attack of violence struck the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Elias in Damascus during Sunday service on June 22nd, killing 22 people and injuring around 60 others. The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber affiliated with Daesh ( …

Won’t let terror ‘drag Syria back to instability’

Turkey will not allow extremists to drag Syria back into chaos and instability, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday after a suicide attack killed 22 at a Damascus church. "We will never allow our neighbour and brother Syria... be dragged …

Syria: Suicide bombing at Orthodox Church in Damascus

A suicide bomber has killed at least 20 people attending the Divine Liturgy at St. Elijah Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus on Sunday. By Vatican News At least 20 people were killed on Sunday at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus. …

Foreign armies in post-Assad Syria: How long will they stay?

Four foreign militaries - Israel, Russia, Turkey, and the United States – have all deployed troops in Syria since 2011, when a peaceful civil uprising deteriorated into a protracted war. The dawning of the post-Assad era was inevitably going to see these …

Deadly church bombing reignites Christians’ fears in post-Assad Syria

A woman mourns during a memorial service at Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Dweil'a, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Monday, June 23, 2025, a day after a suicide bombing. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) BEIRUT - A deadly suicide bombing at a …

Syria church bombing threatens political gains of Christians and Syrian state

Until a suicide bombing killed 20 people at a church in a low-income area of Damascus on Sunday, Christians had been spared the mass violence that has afflicted other minorities under the new Syrian state that replaced the Assad regime last year. The …

Syria rejoins global financial system with first SWIFT transaction

By Norman al-Abbas DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – In a move signaling a potential turning point for Syria’s war-torn economy, the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria, Abdul Qader Hasriya, announced that the country has completed its first international …