ROME — While Pope Francis tries to strike a delicate balance Sunday on the Israeli/Palestinian front, recent elections in two other Middle Eastern nations have brought reminders not only of how intractable…
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7 June 2014 – Naharnet Two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria in April 2013 are currently in the northern city of Raqqa and held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq and…
The Maronite presidential seat in Lebanon was weakened tremendously and rendered almost honorary with the Taef Agreement of 1990 after many historic powers were stripped from it. It was at the time…
2014-06-02 (AP) — A security official in Egypt says a mob of angry Islamists has burned shops owned by Coptic Christians near the ancient city of Luxor hours before a trial for…
Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) – The militiamen of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a Sunni jiahdist formation acting on the scenario of the Syrian conflict, confiscated houses and land…
Here is the report on the Patriarch’s visit, issued subsequently to the photos. “Rebuild people and stones: restore souls and homes,” says Gregorios III, just back from Homs (Syria) On his return…
05/29/2014, EGYPT For Catholic Church spokesman, “al-Sisi’s victory is a civil uprising against Islamic extremism”. Fr Rafic Greiche speaks to AsiaNews about Egypt’s election results. “There has been so much misinformation in…
Posted 2014-05-25 03:46 GMT Mosul, Iraq (AINA) — According to a report published by the Iraq Press, hundreds of Assyrians in Mosul have been forced to leave the city by fighters of…
05/22/2014 10:53 Mar Sako makes a pastoral visit to the diocese of Alqosh, on the northern end of the plain. His Beatitude meets with the local clergy, presides at a Eucharistic procession…
Damascus, May 19, 2014 (Zenit.org) Lela Gilbert The present bloodshed in Syria began in 2010, during the early days of the so-called Arab Spring. At first, the anti-regime protests appeared to be…