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…
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BEIRUT: An Armenian church in the city of Raqqa has been taken over by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, according to activists. The Al-Qaeda affiliate has turned…
Qamishli, in northeastern Syria, is a world of its own in this uprising. Inhabited by a mix of Kurds, Arabs, and Christian Syriacs [Assyrians], the city has the potential for severe ethnic…
“We appeal to the international community and to the rulers of the whole world to intervene for the release of the hostages. This abduction , which continues despite all the contacts made,…
The kidnapping of five Orthodox nuns from a Christian village near Damascus has shocked Syria’s Christian community and filled many Christians with fear, said Chaldean Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo, Syria. Speaking…
Both the UK’s Conservative and Labour party leaderships are determined to undermine the Church, and to play down the sustained and targeted persecution of Christians worldwide. So much for the Conservatives being…
Worshippers attend a mass at the Syriac Orthodox Church in Al-Darbasiyah, Hasakah province on Nov. 13, 2013. Due to the clashes in north-eastern Syria, many Christians have fled the area seeking safety…
Political and spiritual leaders concerned about rising fundamentalism in the Russian autonomous republic with a Muslim majority. Spiritual leaders invite people not to give in to provocations. Local priest: ” The Wahhabis…
King Abdullah II of Jordan yesterday received Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, in a meeting aimed at “boosting” relations between Jordan and the Holy See. The meeting was…
Following an increase in violence in the country and the abduction of Orthodox nuns, the Greek Melkite patriarch of Antioch and All the East has reiterated the Church’s determination to remain in…