Tag: Syria
Fides reports rebel Islamists killing Christians in Syria
23/7/2012 (AGI) Rome - The Fides news agency has reported on groups of rebel extremist Islamists "terrorising people in Damascus" especially Chrstians and Iraqi refugees. ... Read More
Syria: nuns help Christians & Muslims caught up in the war
22/7/2012 Refugees from the conflict come daily for help to the Shrine of Tabbaleh, dedicated to the Conversion of St Paul in Damascus. The Franciscan ... Read More
“ARMENIANS IN SYRIA REMAIN LOYAL TO THEIR HOMELAND AND ITS PEOPLE” STATED HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
23/7/2012 His Holiness Aram I, who has been following the situation in Syria with the community leadership in Syria for the past year, expressed his ... Read More
Defence minister one of few Christians in army
The Irish Times 19/7/2012 GEN DAOUD Rajha, one of the high-ranking regime officials killed in yesterday’s bombing in Damascus, was a Greek Orthodox Christian and ... Read More
Christians escape violence of Homs
Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post 14/7/2012 As the conflict in Syria continues without a resolution, and government and rebel forces are locked in fierce battles across ... Read More
Christians Are Evacuated From Syrian City
Associated Press 11/7/2012 DAMASCUS, Syria—A group of Christians trapped in the besieged, bombed-out Syrian city of Homs has been evacuated after a deal between the ... Read More
Syria lost 50 thsd Christians – State Duma MP
Moscow, July 5, Interfax - About 50 thousand Christians have been killed or exiled from the country - such figures were unofficially voiced by a ... Read More
Armenia’s national airline resuming flights to Syria on request from the Catholicos
Yerevan, June 29, Interfax - Armenia's national airline, Armavia, is due to resume on July 2 regular flights to Aleppo, a Syrian city where the ... Read More
Hague called to protect Christian minorities in Egypt and Syria
29/6/2012 Release International is calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to keep human and religious rights at the forefront of any talks with Egyptian and ... Read More
Nothing safe, nothing sacred: Syrian rebels desecrate Christian churches?
28/6/2012 Shocking images have surfaced, revealing the alleged desecration of Christian churches in Syria by Western-backed rebels. The pictures, taken by local Christians outraged at ... Read More
Syrian Christians feel vulnerable as country descends into civil war
Syria Christians Sister Verona, the head of the Sednaya Covent, shows journalists a damaged room which was attacked by gunfire in Sednya, north of Damascus. ... Read More
Intellectuals propose coordination of assistance to Syrian Armenians
19/6/2012 YEREVAN. – A group of Armenia’s thinkers have called on for the establishment of a Council of Coordination of Assistance to Syrian Armenians. As ... Read More
Syrian Islamist opposition casts out Christians
15/6/2012 The Christian minority in Syria is facing a growing threat and thousands are being forced to flee their homes as they face harassment and ... Read More
Syrian Christians in the war between fundamentalists and secularists, Sunnis and Shiites
Samir Khalil Samir 12/6/2012 Al Qabas, Kuwait's daily newspaper, reports the arrival in Syria of jihadists from Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Pakistan. Among them many ... Read More
Christians flee Syrian town
11/6/2012 Damascus: The Christian population in the Syrian town of Qusair has abandoned it following an ultimatum from the rebel military chief. According to a ... Read More
The Church of “Mother of Belt” destroyed
6/6/2012 Syria: St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church Um Al-Zunar was destructed because of heavy fight came under that region. The church is known as The ... Read More
The Difference Between Christians and Christians in Syria
Augin Kurt Haninke Assyrian International News Agency 6/6/2012 (AINA) -- It is well known that most Christians in Syria support Assad's regime because they fear ... Read More
Syria bishop: Christian community not in danger
1/6/2012 BEIRUT: The Syria-based deputy patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Bishop Luka Khoury, said Thursday that there was no danger of a partition of ... Read More
Syria’s Assad can count on support of Russian Orthodox Church
1/6/2012 THERE ARE many reasons for Russia to support Syria in the face of anger from Western nations outraged at the killings of civilians, including ... Read More
Armenian soldier has been killed in Syria
30/5/2012 YEREVAN, MAY 30, ARMENPRESS: The latest events in Syria again harmed Armenian community of Syria. The Armenian community on Damascus lost Armenian soldier. Armenpress ... Read More
Catholicos Aram I Condemns Armenian Church Attack In Homs
25/5/2012 The Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I condemned the attack of the Armenian church in Syria’s Homs, Tehran-based Aliq Armenian news ... Read More