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  Dec 2, 2013, The Spec Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross has made Hamilton her first Canadian appearance as she tours Canada and the United States to share her views about the reality in Syria. Agnes-Mariam, who is Mother Superior at the Monastery and Convent of St. James in Qara, …

Dec 3, 2013, the Independent The spectre is looming of a second Syrian civil war with the head of the opposition’s official forces declaring that he is prepared to join regime troops in the future to drive out al-Qa’ida-linked extremists who have taken over swathes of rebel-held territories. General Salim …

Dec 3, 2013, Journal de Montreal Mère Agnès Mariam était de passage à Montréal mardi, pour conscientiser la population au conflit syrien et en appeler au dialogue. La religieuse catholique melkite de 61 ans d’origine libanaise fait une tournée mondiale pour promouvoir la réconciliation et le pardon et ainsi mettre …

Mother Mariam Agnes Speaking on “Syria & foreign backed mercenaries ” at Islamic Society of York Region – Toronto Dec 2, 2013 Mother Mariam Agnes, a Syrian Nun who has been standing up for the rights of all the people in Syria and even jeopardizing her own life to confront …

Dec 3, 2013, Press TV Foreign-backed militants operating inside Syria have kidnapped 12 nuns from a convent in the Christian town of Ma’loula. According to local authorities on Tuesday, the militants took the nuns to the nearby town of Yabrud after they stormed the convent on Monday. There is no …

Mother Agnes-Mariam of The Cross What is Really Happening in Syria Today? Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross is Mother Superior at the Monastery and Convent of St. James in Qara, Syria. Much of the population in the towns and villages around the monastery have fled and been made refugees. Sheleft …

  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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …