The churches have enjoyed an unofficial tax-exempt status for centuries.

As Syria's war soon enters its eighth year, the conflict is escalating in the country's north, between Turkey and the Kurds, and in the south, between Iran and Israel. 

In the period in between their two meetings, the Turkish leader squashed a weak attempt at a coup and has imprisoned thousands of opponents.

The language spoken by Jesus and kept alive by Syriac Christians finds an unlikely haven in Paramus, New Jersey.

Pope Francis called on the world community to do more to protect the Yezidi minority in Iraq and Syria.

A watchdog organization identified three global trends in persecution against Christians.