Damascus Old City: 60 children injured by shell-fire from criminal armed bands Palm Sunday, 13 April 2014 The Church of Damascus celebrated in joy and hope Jesus Christ’s victory, this Palm Sunday,…
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The Blood of the Children Mixed with the Blood of Christ (Damascus, Syria) Holy Tuesday April 15, 2014 witnesses the blood of 55 children mingles with the Blood of Christ on…
By Peter Oborne, Maaloula 10:18PM BST, 15 Apr 2014 It has stood for centuries above the ancient settlement at Maaloula, one of a handful of villages in the mountains northeast of Damascus…
We have just received a report from the Maronite Archbishop Samir in Damascus of further tragedy. A shell fell in a school yard on Monday, leaving 55 children badly injured or dead. Our contacts…
Maalula (Agenzia Fides) – After the reconquest of the Christian village of Maalula – 55 km northeast of Damascus – by the Syrian government army, the images and descriptions released by government…
By Dorian Jones, AINA 2014-04-10 ISTANBUL (VOA) — Syrian rebels recently overran Kassab, a town near the Turkish border inhabited by ethnic Armenians. That action has drawn attention to Turkey’s relationship with…
Stayed With Christians Unable to Evacuate Homs Rome, April 07, 2014 (Zenit.org) A priest helping Christians find shelter in Syria’s Old City of Homs has been murdered. Dutch Jesuit Father Frans van…
Posted 2014-04-04 (AFP) As Iraq suffers its worst violence in years, gangs claiming ties to powerful militias have been commandeering empty homes in Baghdad with little official sanction, victims and rights groups…
by Mar Louis Raphael I Sako The wars in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan have made things worse for their peoples, especially minorities. As Western policies have been a failure, fundamentalism has grown…
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The way and instrumental and misleading tones with which certain Western circles launch warnings concerning the persecution suffered by Christians in the Middle East responds to political calculations…