...such as Syrian city Raqqa. Thousands are now in Erbil, 88km (55 miles) east of Mosul, capital of the Kurdish autonomous region of Kurdistan: the UN counted 14,000 across one...
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS, has posted a list of options for Christians in the Syrian city of Raqqa: 1. Convert to Islam 2. Pay...
...shouted out to the world, but no-one has listened to us. Where is the Christian conscience? Where is human consciousness? Where are my brothers?” Meanwhile, over in Raqqah, there were...
...al-Raqqah province, of a 26-year-old Assyrian man named Ninar Odisho. I picked up the phone and called Al-Jeloo. He’s an Australian-born Assyrian with a Ph.D. in modern Assyrian Studies. He...
...of Raqqa, but the Vatican would not confirm the news. Now, as various reports claim the priest has been killed, the Vatican remains tight-lipped. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
...rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, which, Reuters says, has fallen under the control of militant Islamists. However, the Vatican has yet to confirm the news. Dall’Oglio had worked in...