03/04/2014 14:51 – Asia News For Mar Sako, “Our future is here, not in the countries of the Diaspora”. He slams mafias and traffickers who “encourage emigration”, bemoaning the fact that without…
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Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – In Syria, the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches have already begun Lent, the liturgical season during which the Christian, with a journey of conversion, fully lives the mystery…
3rd March 2014 The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted by extremists. Last week in Raqqa, the Islamic State of Iraq and…
A ragtag militia defends the community against Islamists and the Assad government. By Andrew Doran The Christian soldier extends his hand and greets me in Syriac with “shlomo” (peace) as he clutches…
No public worship, no bells, no cross, no church repairs, no new church buildings – and pay protection money By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Traditionally, a ‘dhimmi’ in Islam is a Jew or…
Tripoli (AFP) — A Libyan security official says the bodies of seven Coptic Christian Egyptians were found in the eastern city of Benghazi, killed with shots to the head while handcuffed. Col.…
See the narrative report to accompany these interesting maps (courtesy Reuters) here: How Syria could be permanently Ripped Apart, In Two Maps | Business Insider
Feb 21, Ken Hanly, Aleppo. Digital Journal Many Syrian Christians have already fled the country and those who have remained have mostly stayed out of the conflict even though they have often…
February 17, 2014 By Our Middle East Correspondent – Morning Star News CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – More than a week after a Muslim went on an anti-Christian rampage in Upper…
A Christian Syrian family living in Alexandria, Egypt, was barbarically stabbed to death Monday in their home in the al-Ibrahimya neighborhood, Arabic media are reporting. The family consisted of a father, 44,…