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Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages:
Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages:
(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence in Syria said on Tuesday.The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants carried out dawn raids on rural villages inhabited by the ancient Christian minority west of Hasaka, a city mainly held by the Kurds.Syrian Kurdish militia launched two offensives against the militants in northeast Syria on Sunday, helped by U.S.-led air strikes and Iraqi peshmerga.
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Re: Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages:
Christians are suffering ethnic cleansing, perhaps even the danger of extermination, in Syria and Iraq.
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages:
In another generation the only Christians left in the Holy Lands (and ancient Christian communities) will be the tourists.
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Re: Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages:
Tarnation wrote:
In another generation the only Christians left in the Holy Lands (and ancient Christian communities) will be the tourists.
Sad. A rich history, and many vibrant Christian communities which once defined Anatolia, the Levant, and Egypt are becoming extinct.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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