March 09, 2014 03:45 PM (Last updated: March 09, 2014 05:45 PM) The Daily Star BEIRUT: Thirteen nuns who were kidnapped last year from the historic town of Maaloula in Syria were…
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DOHA, 9 February: A group of nuns from the historic Christian-majority town of Maalula in Syria appeared in a new video broadcast by the Qatar-based satellite news channel Al-Jazeera on Sunday. The…
The security office is so neatly tucked away into a small side street that it’s a little difficult to take it seriously as a threatening resistance operation. Inside, young guys are sitting…
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The Iraqi Parliament has also recognized Syriac and Armenian among the official languages of the Country, along with the language spoken by the Turkmens. The Official Languages Act…
(AFP) — After fleeing a rebel assault on the historic Syrian town of Maalula, hundreds of Christian families sheltering in Damascus are preparing for a bleak Christmas away from home. The picturesque…
By Dina al-Shibeeb | Al Arabiya News Wednesday, 25 December 2013 The survival of Aramaic, once the Middle East’s lingua franca, is in jeopardy amid regional turmoil. The United Nations Educational, Scientific…
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Jordan condemned the kidnapping 12 nuns from the monastery of St. Takla in Maaloula, Syria, adding that the goal of this crime is to harass Christians…
BEIRUT: A group calling itself the Free Qalamoun Brigades has claimed to have kidnapped 12 nuns from a convent in Syria and is demanding a hostage-swap for their release. “The nuns are…
The sisters were abducted this afternoon when a group of armed men stormed the monastery. For Vatican nuncio Mgr Mario Zenari and the Greek Orthodox Church, the rebels have taken the nuns…
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The predominantly Christian village of Maalula, 60km west of Damascus, was again attacked by rebel militias on Saturday, November 30. The news was confirmed by both the Syrian…