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        DAMASCUS– AP — Syria temporarily closed two border crossings with northern Lebanon on Sunday because of security concerns over clashes with militants in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, the Interior Ministry said. The closing of all border outlets at al-Arydha and al-Daboussyah in northern Syria were meant “to …

      Damascus – Thenews — Syria may eventually try to restrain a flood of more than a million Iraqi refugees fleeing a nightmare that could get worse, international aid officials say. The influx, swelled by 30,000 to 40,000 newcomers a month, is straining the resources of a country that …

      Baghdad – AsiaNews — Yet another Chaldean priest was kidnapped this morning in Baghdad. He is Fr. Nawzat P. Hanna, parish priest of Mar Pithion, from the Baladiyat quarter. Confirmation of the abduction reached AsiaNews, via Msgr. Shlemon Warduni, Chaldean auxiliary bishop in the capital, who has invited …

      Baghdad – AINA — The crisis for the Assyrian community in Baghdad’s Dora neighborhood is deepening. Islamists are systematically targeting the Christian Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs), forcing them to pay the jizya (AINA 4-17-2007, 3-18-2007), a “protection” tax demanded by the Koran, or convert within …

      Baghdad – AINA — The Patriarch of the Ancient Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Addai II, has called on the Prime Minister and the Iraqi parliament to put an end to the tragic situation that Christians in Iraq are enduring due to the constant threats and attacks …

      Giza(Egypt)- Ahram — The sectarian violence that erupted on Friday in the village of Bimha, in the Ayat district 70 kilometres south of Giza, seemed less a spontaneous outburst fuelled by wrangling among villagers than a premeditated act. Pamphlets had been distributed throughout the village before a mob, …

  By Prof. Ove Bring Zweden – AINA — In March 2003 the Swedish organisation “Levande historia” arranged a seminar in the town of Uppsala with the theme “The genocide on Armenians and other Christian groups in 1915”. I attended in my capacity as a legal expert on international law, …

  Belgium 5th of May 2007 Brussels – ADO — The ADO Belgian Section has organised an evening of celebration on the 5th of May 2007 in Louvain-la-Neuve City. Among the guests and the attendants were several political parties and associations, many Belgian academic dignitaries and NGO activists. In addition …

      Erbil – AsiaNews — There are numerous children and Dominican nuns among the wounded from yesterday’s suicide bombing of the Christian village of Tell-el-skop, north east of Mosul. Suicide attacks targeting the North of the country have sounded the alarm for religious leaders, who now ask the Holy …

        Beirut – Damascus – Naharnet — Syrian President Bashar Assad has threatened to set the region on fire, from the Caspian to the Mediterranean, over differences with the United Nations regarding Lebanon’s stability. The independent daily newspaper an-Nahar quoted well informed diplomatic circles as saying Assad made the …