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Syrian Rebels Kidnap Nuns as They Invade Christian Town of Maaloula Again

(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The ancient Christian city of Maaloula has become the epicenter for fighting between an Al-Qaeda linked rebel group and the Syrian government.

Dec 2, 2013, Christian Post Syrian rebels have reportedly re-entered the historic Christian town of Maaloula, north of the country’s capital of Damascus, this week while battling forces loyal to the country’s President Bashar al-Assad. The rebel forces have been occupying the small, predominately Christian town intermittently for the past …

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VIDEO: France’s Former Foreign Minister: UK Government Prepared War in Syria Two Years Before 2011 Protests

  Jun 15, 2013 France’s Former Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas, has stated in a televised program on LCP that UK government officials had told him about preparations for war in Syria two years prior to the start of the 2011 protests and conflict. The reason given for this war is …

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Mother Agnes Mariam: In Her Own Words

Nov 29, 2013, Sharmine Narwani American national security journalist Jeremy Scahill and leftist British columnist Owen Jones announced recently that they would not share a platform with a Palestinian-Lebanese nun at the Stop The War Coalition’s November 30 UK conference. Neither Scahill nor Jones provided any reason for their harsh …

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Syria dispatch: from band of brothers to princes of war

Photo: Reuters

Nov 30, 2013, Telegraph The Free Syrian Army commander leant against the door of his four-wheel drive BMW X5 with tinted windows and watched as his men waded through the river on the Syrian border moving the barrels of smuggled petroleum to Turkey. Feeling the smooth wedge of American bank …

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Controversial nun speaks out on war in Syria

Nov 14, 2013, National Catholic Reporter Mother Agnes Mariam, the Lebanese-born head of St. James the Mutilated Monastery in Qara, Syria, is a controversial figure in the international debate over how to resolve the escalating violence in Syria. Her supporters, including Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire, say her message of forgiveness …

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DOSSIER DE PRESSE

La visite de Mère Agnès Mariam à Montréal   La situation actuelle en Syrie est de l’avis de tous catastrophique. Du point de vue des pertes de vies humaines (dont un très grand nombre de civils non combattants), du point de vue des conditions sociales, alimentaires et sanitaires (populations déplacées …

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COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE, MONTREAL, 3 Decembre

Pour diffusion immédiate   UNE ARTISANE DE PAIX, MÈRE AGNÈS MARIAM, TÉMOIGNE : CE QUI SE PASSE VRAIMENT SUR LE TERRAIN EN SYRIE   Mère Agnès Mariam de la Croix, religieuse catholique melkite, initiatrice et porte-parole du mouvement MUSSALAHA (« Réconciliation ») qui travaille à promouvoir le rapprochement et la paix entre les …

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Rapport et appel à la communauté internationale…

Rapport et appel à la communauté internationale pour l’appui à un processus de dialogue et de réconciliation en Syrie entre le peuple et l’État, le rejet de la guerre et de toute intervention étrangère.1 par Mairead Maguire, prix Nobel de la paix, porte-parole de Mussalaha International, délégation de paix au …

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MONTREAL COMMUNIQUÉ

Montréal, le 3 décembre 2013, 14 heures Salle ‘’C’’ de la Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), au 1601 avenue De Lorimier Give peace a chance, chantait John Lennon, accordons une chance à la paix. Mère Agnès Mariam de la Croix, c’est un honneur de vous recevoir à Montréal. Mon nom …

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