Arab Spring

Last month marked the deadliest month in Syria since protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime began two years ago.

The World Evangelical Alliance's human rights ambassador has warned that Christians are being "chased from their homes" in Syria.

On the second anniversary of the fall of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, new protests broke out across the country.

The convictions of two Coptic Christians on Monday for stealing weapons from soldiers during a 2011 protest is the latest attempt by the Egyptian military to cover up their involvement in a massacre that left more than two dozen Copts dead, Christians say.

This Friday marks two years since the first fire of the January 25 Egyptian revolution against the Mubarak regime was lit by Egyptian young people.

As the civil war in Syria nears its two-year anniversary, the United Nations estimates that more than 60,000 people have been killed, with monthly casualty figures steadily increasing.

Syrian rebels beheaded a Christian man and fed his body to dogs, according to a nun who says the West is ignoring atrocities committed by Islamic extremists.

Egypt has approved a new, pro-Islamist constitution, and Christians and other minorities foresee bleak and repressive days ahead.

"We are not celebrating Christmas like before," says a church leader from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. "We will have services in church and invite church people to come and bring their friends. The focus will be on children more than anyone else because they need to feel some joy."