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SYRIAN REBELS ATTACK CHRISTIAN TOWN, REPORTEDLY DESECRATE CHURCHES
Catholic Culture
March 26 2014
Syrian rebel forces affiliated with Al-Qaeda and based in Turkey
crossed the Turkish-Syrian border and attacked the town of Kesab,
whose population is predominantly Armenian and Christian.
"Armenian churches were reportedly desecrated and Armenians driven
from their homes," Andrew Bennett, Canada's Ambassador for Religious
Freedom, said in a statement. "The continued attacks against
Christians, including Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Christians and
Armenian Catholics, in Syria are unacceptable."
The head of the Armenian Catholic Church, Patriarch Nerses Bedros
XIX Tarmouni, told the Fides news agency that "the Christians fled at
dawn, some of them in pajamas, without being able to bring anything
with them, as soon as they heard the sound of gunfire. The rebels
came from the mountains on the border with Turkey. They were many
and well armed."
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=20901
Catholic Culture
March 26 2014
Syrian rebel forces affiliated with Al-Qaeda and based in Turkey
crossed the Turkish-Syrian border and attacked the town of Kesab,
whose population is predominantly Armenian and Christian.
"Armenian churches were reportedly desecrated and Armenians driven
from their homes," Andrew Bennett, Canada's Ambassador for Religious
Freedom, said in a statement. "The continued attacks against
Christians, including Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Christians and
Armenian Catholics, in Syria are unacceptable."
The head of the Armenian Catholic Church, Patriarch Nerses Bedros
XIX Tarmouni, told the Fides news agency that "the Christians fled at
dawn, some of them in pajamas, without being able to bring anything
with them, as soon as they heard the sound of gunfire. The rebels
came from the mountains on the border with Turkey. They were many
and well armed."
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=20901