Rakka, March 12, 2014 In its weekly column, “Voices from the net”, the FRANCE 23 Arabic French TV channel showed an interview with a resident of the Syrian town of Rakka (Ar…
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By Ryan Lucas Posted 2014-03-12 03:40 GMT BEIRUT (AP) — The number of Syrian children affected by the civil war in their homeland has doubled in the past year to at least…
by Paul Dakiki The release took place around midnight, hours after the news first broke. The Lebanese and Qatari security chiefs Abbas Ibrahim and Ghanim al- Kubaisi were key mediators. The nuns…
Sunday Telegraph. 8 March 2014 Today, the first Sunday of Lent, will see churches crowded across the globe. But here in Syria, where St Paul found his faith, many churches stand empty,…
February 25, 2014 By Theodore Shoebat A nine year old Christian girl in Jordan was captured by Muslims who brutally raped her for 19 days. She was from Iraq and lived in…
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…
Martyrs Père Basilios NASSAR – Grec Orthodoxe, Hama 15/1/12 Père Fady HADDAD – Grec Orthodoxe, Catana- Damascus 25/10/12 Père François MOURAD – Syriaque Catholique, 1/6/2013. Sr Rima NASRI – Congrégation Ste Dorothée…
Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) – A major exhibit consisting of 20 panels with over 150 historic photographs documenting the role of the Armenian Church during the Armenian Genocide with testimony from survivors and…
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…
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…