250,000 Iraqi Christian Refugees Suffer and Wait in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon

Catholic News Service: “About 150 Iraqi Christian refugees gathered with excitement outside the Melkite Catholic compound in Damascus. Many of the women were dressed in black, a sign of mourning for a husband or family member lost to violence in Iraq — the reason why each of them is now a refugee.” Here is what some of them had to say to an American delegation visiting their refugee compound in Damascus.