President Bashar Assad - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 03 Mar 2024 22:40:43 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg President Bashar Assad - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Turkish drones kill 3 in an attack on a local Christian militia in Syria https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/03/04/turkish-drones-kill-3-in-an-attack-on-a-local-christian-militia-in-syria/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 04:53:34 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=168381 Turkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Wednesday killed at least three members of a local Christian force and wounded others, including civilians, a Kurdish official and a Syrian opposition war monitor said. Also on Wednesday, it was reported Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus. On the same day, in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, security forces Read more

Turkish drones kill 3 in an attack on a local Christian militia in Syria... Read more]]> Turkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Wednesday killed at least three members of a local Christian force and wounded others, including civilians, a Kurdish official and a Syrian opposition war monitor said.

Also on Wednesday, it was reported Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus. On the same day, in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, security forces opened fire at protesters angry over the country's worsening economy as they tried to break into the offices of President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath Party.

A 52-year-old man was shot in the chest and later died of his wounds.

There was no immediate comment from Ankara on Wednesday's airstrikes. Turkey has been attacking Kurdish fighters in Syria for years, but attacks on the fighters from the country's Christian minority have been rare.

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Turkish drones kill 3 in an attack on a local Christian militia in Syria]]> 168381 Nun says insurrection in Syria is totalitarian https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/17/nun-says-insurrection-in-syria-is-totalitarian/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:30:51 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=31708 A Carmelite nun says the armed insurrection in Syria is "producing a totalitarianism that is worse" than that of President Bashar Assad's regime. Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross, a religious superior in Syria, also appealed to the international community to stop supporting violent militias linked to al-Qaida and other extremist groups guilty of atrocities Read more

Nun says insurrection in Syria is totalitarian... Read more]]> A Carmelite nun says the armed insurrection in Syria is "producing a totalitarianism that is worse" than that of President Bashar Assad's regime.

Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross, a religious superior in Syria, also appealed to the international community to stop supporting violent militias linked to al-Qaida and other extremist groups guilty of atrocities against innocent Syrian civilians.

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