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Monastery defaced by ‘extremists’
Russian Official Urges Defense of Christians in Syria in Wake of Chemical Attack
Christians, other minorities in Syria fear ‘ethnic cleansing’
Christians in the Crosshairs in the Syrian War
Gunmen Kill 11 Near Syrian Christian Villages

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 12:03 AM PDT

22/8/13 Vandals have defaced a monastery near Jerusalem, police said, in the latest in a series of similar incidents blamed on extremists. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said minor damage, likely...

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Russian Official Urges Defense of Christians in Syria in Wake of Chemical Attack

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:18 PM PDT

22/8/13 Vladimir Bulygin, head of the Constitutional Legislation Committee of Russia’s Federation Council, has called on the Russian government to defend Syrian Christians and to seek the...

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Christians, other minorities in Syria fear ‘ethnic cleansing’

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:06 PM PDT

By Slobodan Lekic Stars and Stripes – 22/8/13 DAMASCUS, Syria — It's a sweltering Friday night and the brightly lit streets of the mainly Christian neighborhood of Kasaa throb with the rhythms...

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Christians in the Crosshairs in the Syrian War

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:02 PM PDT

Cesar Chelala - 22/8/13 Syrians used to be proud of the peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims. They no longer are. Under the harsh rule of the Alawite dictators, some religious freedom...

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Gunmen Kill 11 Near Syrian Christian Villages

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:59 PM PDT

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press – August 2013 Gunmen shot dead 11 people, mostly Christians, near a town in central Syria on Saturday, state media and activists said, an attack...

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