Will it ever end? Euronews:, Katy Dartford: More than 500 civilians have been killed in a week of raids by Russian backed, Syrian government forces in a rebel enclave near Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group say the victims … Continue reading
Chicago Tribune, Louisa Loveluck and Liz Sly: A surge in Syrian government airstrikes has killed at least 200 people over the past two days on the outskirts of Damascus, aid agencies said Tuesday, as the Syrian war ramps up and civilians … Continue reading
Newsweek, Ian Wilkie: Lost in the hyper-politicized hullabaloo surrounding the Nunes Memorandum and the Steele Dossier was the striking statement by Secretary of Defense James Mattis that the U.S. has “no evidence” that the Syrian government used the banned nerve agent Sarin … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The Maronite Catholic Archbishop of Damascus has described an “apocalyptic scene” in Syria, in a grim Lenten message. Syria is “a huge disaster zone of debris,” writes Archbishop Samir Nassar. More here with link to news.
Vatican Radio: (Vatican Radio) A senior Caritas official who’s just returned from the Syrian city of Aleppo says the devastation and humanitarian crisis there are “beyond human imagination” with many areas in the east looking as though they had been hit … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli, Msgr. Jean-Clément Jeanbart: “The conference of French bishops should have trusted us, it would have been better informed. Why are your bishops silent on a threat that is yours today as well? Because the bishops are like you, raised … Continue reading
Eva Bartlett, CounterPunch: On January 8, in his sparsely-furnished New York City office, the Syrian Arab Republic Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar al-Ja’afari, sat down with for an interview. The veteran diplomat, who has held his … Continue reading
New Advent: The worst Christian massacre—complete with mass graves, tortured-to-death women and children, and destroyed churches—recently took place in Syria, at the hands of the U.S.-supported jihadi “rebels”; and the U.S. government and its “mainstream media” mouthpiece are, as usual, silent … Continue reading
Zenit: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Pope’s secretary of state, has scheduled a special briefing for ambassadors accredited to the Holy See to speak with them about the importance of the Day of Prayer and Fasting for Syria, which the Pope has … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: Brothers and sisters, I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church on 7 September next, the vigil of the birth of Mary, Queen of Peace, a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Saturday that 355 people who died in its hospitals showed “neurotoxin symptoms”. Syria’s overtures have not however changed the international community’s position on a military intervention in Syria, except for its main allies, Russia and … Continue reading
Feed the Islamist Machine, Kill, Destroy. LRC Blog: Shocking as it may seem, the New York Times managed to tell the truth about Syria today: “Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of.” Read full report here.
First Things: There have appeared many reports in both the Eastern and Western press that the two hierarchs who were abducted yesterday by terrorists in Syria, Metropolitan Boulos Yazge, Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo, and Archbishop Youhanna Ibrahim, Syriac Archbishop of Aleppo, … Continue reading
Asianews: The war between rebels and regime of Bashar al-Assad has brought even Damascus to its knees after having first devastated Aleppo the economic center of the country where the army and Islamist militias clash even in the alleys of the … Continue reading
Al Jazeera: Rebels in Syria have burned and looted the religious sites of minorities, Human Rights Watch says, warning that the 22-month old conflict could become increasingly sectarian. Full report here.
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