Bishop of Aleppo Antoine Audo says mission in Syria is ‘attention to the poor’ serving people
Syria, in its present war-torn, broken state, while an immediate detriment to its inhabitants and concern to its neighbors, has presented the Church with a unique opportunity to serve its neighbors. Such a task More...
War in Syria! US, UK, France forces bomb chemical weapons facilities
The US, UK and France have bombed three government sites in Syria in an early morning operation targeting chemical weapons facilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he condemned the Western strikes “in More...
Israel criticized for attack on Syrian air base, central to Iranian military supporting Assad
Israel is faced international blowback Tuesday over the bombardment of Syria’s largest air base, a center for the Iranian military effort to support Syrian President Bashar Assad. Lebanon announced it would More...
Syria crisis: Medical and Humanitarian organizations call on UN to stop violence using billboards
A coalition of medical and humanitarian organizations, some working inside besieged Eastern Ghouta, have urged the United Nations Security Council to vote for an immediate cessation of hostilities to allow urgent More...
Fifteen Syrian refugees found frozen to death trying to cross into Lebanon
Seventeen Syrian refugees, some of them children, have been found frozen to death while trying to cross the mountainous border into Lebanon. Two bodies were found Saturday after the area was hit by a severe snowstorm, More...
John Kirby, State Department, lies with denial of ‘no boots on the ground’ strategy in Syria
The State Department spokesman denied that the Obama administration promised a “no boots on the ground” strategy in Syria, contradicting at least two years’ worth of reassurances from President Obama and More...
UK joins global outcry: Islamic State atrocities are genocide
The United Kingdom’s House of Commons passed a historic motion Wednesday calling the violence perpetrated by ISIS in Syria and Iraq genocide. photo/Islamic State flag “Today is a day of hope for every Christian, More...
Armed terrorists cross from Turkey to Syria fight against the Kurds
At least 500 Muslim militants crossed the Turkish border, headed for the Syrian town of Azaz in northern Aleppo province where opposition forces have suffered setbacks at the hands of Kurdish fighters. “At least More...
Paris terrorists star in new Islamic State which threatens Britain
Islamic State has released a new 17-minute video featuring the Paris attackers apparently participating in gruesome murders in an undisclosed desert location before they infiltrated the European Union and executed More...
Vladimir Putin says Obama administration’s silence on Syrian fight is ‘unconstructive’
The Obama administration continues to move to obstruct Russia’s call for diplomatic engagement and intervention in Syria and Russian President Vladimir Putin said the lack of will to negotiate is unconstructive. “I More...
Coalition calling for Russia to stop attacking Assad opponents, fight ISIS
An international coalition is urging Russia to immediately cease attacks on the Assad opposition forces and civilians and focus instead on fighting Islamic State extremists. The joint statement adds new emphasis More...
Syria’s Patriarch Aphrem to US: ‘stop arming terrorists’ who massacring Christians
A Syrian Christian leader tells the “West” to “Stop arming terror groups who are massacring our people,” which is leading to further destruction and persecution and not peace or victory. The More...
Council on Foreign Relations magazine warns against reporting on ISIS success
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an influential organization which publishes Foreign Affairs “a multiplatform media organization with a print magazine, a website, a mobile site, various apps and social More...
Catholic monk Father Jacob Murad kidnapped by jihadist in Syria
Father Jacob Murad (Jacques Mourad), a Syrian Catholic monk who is Superior at the Mar Elian Monastary, has reportedly been kidnapped when three armed gunman rode a motorcycle into the monastary. Another Christian, More...
ISIS now controls Palmyra in Syria
ISIS shocked the world with the capture of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra threatens a UNESCO World Heritage Site described as having “stood at the crossroads of several civilizations,” with its More...
FBI, Pentagon officials unclear on Khorasan threat, won’t define ‘imminent’
The FBI and the Pentagon said on Thursday that they did not know exactly how close the Khorasan group, an al Qaeda related group of militants targeted by U.S. drone strikes in Syria, was to an attack on the U.S. More...
New Islamic State, ISIS, video depicts boy threatening America, more on Khaled Sharrouf
Islamic extremists speak for themselves in new videos from VICE Media where a pre-teen boy threatens America, promises car bombings and other attacks to divide the U.S. “I swear to Allah we will divide America More...
Muslim extremists, ISIS claim they have destroyed Jonah’s tomb in Ninevah
The famous Old Testament prophet Jonah’s resting place has been under attack by Muslim extremists who say they’ve destroyed his tomb in the Iraqi province of Ninevah. ISIS terrorists continue to demolish More...
Syrian extremists crucify seven men over issue with ‘protection tax’
ISIS extremists in Syria executed seven Muslim men by means of crucifixion for violations related to payments of the “protection tax” for Christians. Shocking pictures of two crucified men dominated More...
Priest Francis Van Der Lugt assassinated in Syria, rebels and government blame each other
The Syrian government and rebel groups are blaming one another in the assassination of Dutch Jesuit Priest Francis Van Der Lugt in his garden in Homs. No group has taken responsibility for the April 7 killing, More...
