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Local sources have told the Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), that 38 Christian homes in the village of Al-Soura Al-Kabira have been destroyed. St Michael’s Melkite Greek-Catholic Church has been badly damaged in an attack. It is unknown who carried out the attacks.
Israeli leaders said they launched attacks on Syria this week to protect members of the Druze religious group in the country’s south, amid clashes in the area.
A brief opening to shore up progress toward stability in Syria unfortunately coincides with Trump administration decisions to sharply curtail humanitarian and development assistance and to terminate the U.
President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since he came to power.
Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians.
The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to justice, implement robust security measures to protect Christian
A series of Christian communities in Syria have come under violent attack, according to fresh reports received by a leading Catholic charity.Several local sources told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that yesterday (15th July) the faithful were targeted in the village of
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The Christian Post on MSNChristians face 'increasingly perilous existence' in Syria; church bombing serves as 'brutal reminder'The bombing at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, last month that killed over two dozen people is an indication that Syria s Islamist-led authorities under President Ahmad al Sharaa are
Twenty years ago four Islamist extremist attackers set off suicide bombs that ripped through central London ending and changing many lives of innocent civilians - now Britain's leading counter-terror
The day after last month's deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria's capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling for them to leave the country.
British special forces set up a secretive ‘kill’ operation against the top bomb-maker in the Islamic State in Syria ahead of David Lammy’s visit, according to security sources.