Tag: Syria

His Holiness Aram I receives a delegation representing the Parliament of Armenia

OCP- April 2, 2014

March - April 2014 27 March 2014. On Thursday morning the delegation, accompanied by the Ambassador of Armenia to Lebanon and his staff, met with ... Read More

Popular diplomatic Egyptian-Syrian relations initiative calls for prayers for peace in Syria

OCP- March 29, 2014

29/3/14 Cairo, (SANA) – The Popular Diplomatic Egyptian-Syrian Relations initiative called on all Egyptian churches to participate next month in a day of prayers for ... Read More

98 churches, 1900 mosques destroyed in Syria – Syrian Ambassador

OCP- March 27, 2014

March 2014 Moscow, March 26, Interfax – Syrian Ambassador Riad Haddad said that 98  Christian churches were partly or entirely destroyed during the military  conflict ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill: Syria has wisdom and will enough to overcome war

OCP- March 26, 2014

26/3/14 Moscow, (SANA) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch Kirill stressed that Syria has wisdom and will enough to overcome the war launched ... Read More

Reports Cite 80 Dead in Kessab; Churches Desecrated

OCP- March 24, 2014

24/3/13 KESSAB, Syria–The Armenian populated villages of Kessab, Syria were the target of three days of brutal cross-border attacks from Turkey by al-Qaeda affiliated armed ... Read More

Five Assyrians Fleeing Syria Drown Off the Coast of Greece

OCP- March 24, 2014

By Nuri Kino - 24/3/14 (AINA) -- On Thursday, March 21 a newsflash arrived: Seven migrants, including two children, lost their lives on Tuesday when ... Read More

ISIL Crucifies a Young Man in Raqqa, Syria

OCP- March 24, 2014

24/3/14 - http://www.mesop.de Raqqa, Syria -- Members of the al-Qaeda splinter group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executed on Saturday a ... Read More

Syrian Bishop To Discuss War-Torn Country at Hellenic College Holy Cross

OCP- March 16, 2014

16/3/14 Bishop Elias Toume of Wadi Al Nassara, a resident bishop in the region of Homs, Syria will offer a talk on “Christians in Syria ... Read More

A list of prominent people missing in Syria

OCP- March 15, 2014

15/3/14 BEIRUT — With the release of 13 Greek Orthodox nuns held hostage by the  al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in Syria for over three months, here’s ... Read More

Snaps from the Release of the Kidnapped Nuns of Maaloula – Updated

OCP- March 10, 2014

A convoy of Lebanese security vehicles transported the women to the Lebanese border One of thirteen released nuns speaks to the press upon their arrival ... Read More

Ibrahim says Maaloula nuns released

OCP- March 9, 2014

The Daily Star - 9/3/14 BEIRUT: Thirteen nuns who were kidnapped last year from the historic town of Maaloula in Syria were released Sunday, Lebanon's General Security ... Read More

Syria: Christian Mother Describes Slaughter and ‘Cross Stabbing’ of Son

OCP- March 7, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - 7/3/14 Click here to watch video of the description: Back on January 17 and based on Arabic media,  I exposed the graphic attack on Fadi, ... Read More

Christians Under Threat in Syria: US State Department

OCP- March 4, 2014

By Jen Psak U.S. Department of State - 4/3/14 The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted ... Read More

Protest to Be Held At Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles

OCP- March 1, 2014

March 2014- http://operationantioch.blogspot.com The coalition of supporters for the March 9th "Stop the Christian Genocide in Syria" protest outside the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles, ... Read More

Syria’s Healthcare System Latest War Casualty

OCP- February 27, 2014

27/2/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Heavy fighting in Syria's embattled Idlib province forced Khaled, 5, and his family to flee their home and settle in ... Read More

Syrian Girls Forced to Marry Muslim Militants

OCP- February 25, 2014

english.farsnews.com - 25/2/15 TEHRAN -- Radical militants in Syria's Raqqa and Aleppo have been forcing Syrian girls to marry them, by pressuring the families, a new ... Read More

European Christians Fighting With Syria Kurdish Factions

OCP- February 23, 2014

Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units are seen in training at a military camp in Hassakeh, Dec. 9, 2013 (photo by REUTERS/Rodi ... Read More

Representatives of European Non-Governmental Organizations meet with His Holiness Aram I

OCP- February 23, 2014

February 2014 On Friday 14 February 2014, representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom met with His ... Read More

Speech of Mor Eustathius Matt Roham at the Funeral of Mor Dionysios Behnam Jejawi

OCP- February 20, 2014

 Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East OCP News Service - 20/2/14 Syria: The speech of His Eminence Metropolitan Mor Eustathius Matta Roham - ... Read More

Kidnapped Nuns No Longer Bear the Cross

OCP- February 19, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - 19/2/14 A new video of the twelve Christian nuns kidnapped in Syria recently appeared.  In it, the nuns are taped sitting in ... Read More

Christian Syrian Family Slaughtered in Egypt

OCP- February 19, 2014

This image appears on several Arabic Facebook accounts and is said to be of the slain 6-year-old Michael. Raymond Ibrahim - 2/19/14 http://www.raymondibrahim.com A Christian ... Read More