Islamist rebels

BREAKING NEWS: Syrian rebels execute over 80 civilians outside Damascus: ‘ Christian, Druze and Alawi members of families stuffed into live bakery ovens to burn them to death.


 
 
Over 80 civilians in a town northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus have been executed by Islamist rebels, sources within the Syrian military told RT. Many others were kidnapped to be used as human shields.

Syria: Islamist Rebels Abduct 12 Nuns from Orthodox Monastery in Maaloula


 
Damascus (AsiaNews) – Islamist rebels have kidnapped a group of nuns from the Greek Orthodox monastery of St Thecla (Mar Taqla) in Maaloula (north of Damascus). Mgr Mario Zenari, the Vatican nuncio in Damascus, confirmed the information after speaking with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate. Through the Vatican diplomat, the latter “calls on all Catholics to pray for the women religious.”