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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 …

Nov 29, 2013, Rob Prince Mother Agnes Mariam, mother-superior of the monastery of St. James, the Mutilated in Qara, in the Qalamoun District of Syria, which is north of Damascus, visited Denver as part of a U.S. tour which is taking her coast to coast. She spoke at three public …

Nov 27, 2013, AP Amid Syria’s ferocious civil war, a nun has emerged as an unlikely power broker and figure of controversy. Mother Superior Agnes-Mariam of the Cross has thrust herself into the role of go-between and publicist, arranging cease-fires, organizing pro-government media trips and conducting speaking tours as perhaps …

Nov 25, 2013, Revd Dr Stephen Sizer   Mother Agnes Mariam spoke about the chemical weapons attacks questioning the veracity of Western reports that the Syrian government were responsible. Mairead Maguire spoke eloquently about the lessons learnt from the sectarianism in Ireland that apply equally to Syria.  The meeting was …

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 …

  Nov 23, 2013, Levant TV As part of her international tour for the Mussalaha initiative (Reconciliation), Levant TV interviewed Mother Agnes Mary of the Cross during her visit to the UK. Mother Agnes Mary of the Cross is spokesperson for the Catholic Media Centre of the Diocese of Homs, …

Nov 22, 2013, Press TV WATCH VIDEO HERE Mother Agnes Maria is on a mission to get Syria’s story out to the world and she’s in the UK to do exactly that. But the tale she tells is very different from the usual narrative. She has questioned the facts and …

Nov 18, 2013, Nebraskans for Peace