Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – To promote the participation of a delegation of the Christian minority in the negotiations for peace in Syria, which will be held at the Geneva 2 conference, which…
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Syrians will become the world’s largest refugee population in about three months if current trends continue, U.N. figures show. More than 2.3 million Syrians have already fled…
UNESCO’s Director-General warned Friday of illegal archeological excavations across war-torn Syria, saying the United Nations’ cultural, education and science entity has called on auction houses and museums to beware. Amid the widespread…
Syrian refugees without shelter and under the snow. Temperatures below zero and 10 cm of snow. Extraordinary distribution of blankets and fuel coupons. Many camps are makeshift, made of wood and plastic…
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…
AFP) — Awshalim Benjamin is desperate to leave Iraq, where a sack of faded photographs is all that remains of the happy life he and his ancient, dwindling Christian community once knew.…
The rise of religious extremism has pushed religious communities to migrate from Iraq, especially Christians, according to Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldeans in Iraq. The patriarch called on the…
Warsaw, November 15, 2013 (Zenit.org) | Here is the text of the message sent by Patriarch Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, to those attending the 19th Session of the Conference of the…
SYRIA Syrian peace conference postponed, before it was even announced – Asia News
Reverend and dear Hierarchs, Fathers, and Deacons, Please find attached a letter from His Grace Bishop Nicholas to President Obama In Christ our God,— Rev. Deacon Paul J. Leonarczyk Chancellor Eparchy of Newton…