After 45 years of rejecting citizenship, war in Syria has caused a change in the minority group, with 80 applications this year The fifth year of Syria’s brutal civil war has marked a sharp increase in the number of Druze residents on the Golan Heights seeking Israeli citizenship. In contrast to the only two requests…
We have no idea. Those of us who have never served in the military or never had a family member serve … we have no idea. We have no idea what really happens on the front lines. We have no idea how hard it is when a loved one doesn’t come home. We have no…
By Stephen Starr ISTANBUL — A huge statue of the Virgin Mary towers over churches, monasteries and mosques in the Syrian city of Maaloula, where a dialect of the Aramaic language of Jesus is still spoken. The town has managed to stay out of the Syrian conflict between Sunni Muslim rebels and the regime of…
No one with a beating heart denies that the use of chemical weapons is deplorable. No one denies that the death of innocent people at the hands of a despot is appalling. No one denies the legitimacy of the “red line” against such atrocities regardless of who drew it. But the outrage expressed by some…
A study process under way in the Presbyterian Church (USA) asks church members to “[s]eek clarity as to God’s call to the church to embrace nonviolence as its fundamental response to the challenges of violence, terror, and war.” The process, initiated by the 2010 PCUSA General Assembly, is expected to yield policy changes proposed by…
By Nicola Menzie As North Korea’s official news agency ramped up its rhetoric and declared on Thursday the possibility of war breaking out “today or tomorrow” with the West, Christians living in the oppressive communist country have verified that preparations for war are being made around the clock, and are asking fellow believers worldwide to…