Archive | December 17, 2012
Syria. Christian families fleeing the violence and chaos of Syria’s civil war, they hope for returning and rebuilding.

Syria. Christian families fleeing the violence and chaos of Syria’s civil war, they hope for returning and rebuilding.

The Lebanese city of Zahle sits high in the Bekaa valley, on the ancient highway that connects Damascus to Beirut and the world beyond. To reach it from the coast by road in December you climb sharply through a series of hairpin bends – every few minutes you catch a glimpse of the steep highland [...]

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Syria. The fact that the largest chemical weapons possessor in the Middle East – if not the world – is falling apart, creates a nightmarish security situation for the whole world.

Syria. The fact that the largest chemical weapons possessor in the Middle East – if not the world – is falling apart, creates a nightmarish security situation for the whole world.

The threat keeping defense officials up at night is what might happen to those weapons of mass destruction after Assad’s collapse. Syrian rebels have taken control of the border with Israel, and are consolidating their presence in the area, according to Israeli defense sources. One source said that the rebels managed to oust the Syrian [...]

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Nigeria. Two christian students, aged 16 and 17 years shot dead by unknown Muslim gunmen

Nigeria. Two christian students, aged 16 and 17 years shot dead by unknown Muslim gunmen

The non-Muslim population resident in the Muslim dominated northern Nigerian State of Kano continues to suffer death in the hands on the native Kano indigene. Information available to 247ureports.com indicates that two teenage students, aged 16 and 17 years were shot dead by unknown Muslim gunmen on Thursday December 6, 2012 at the Yankaba area [...]

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