Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Seeking Safety, Syria's Christians Flee to Turkey

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The growing presence of fighters from radical Islamic groups battling the Syrian regime is increasing pressure on Syria’s ancient Assyrian Christians, many of whom are fleeing to neighboring Turkey. At the Mort Smuni Church in the Turkish city of Mardin near the Syrian border, the service of St. John the Baptist is part of Advent, when an individual saint is celebrated every Sunday in the run-up to Christmas. The members of the small Assyrian Christian community gathered for services...

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