Syria: Presidential election holds few surprises after years of war
As Syria went to the polls in a presidential election this week, SULEIMAN AL-KHADLIDI, writing for Reuters, reports on the how the country has changed under Bashar al-Assad…
POSTCARDS: CAN THE SCOUTS HELP SAFEGUARD THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH IN SYRIA?
World Watch Monitor reports from Syria on the role the Scouts are playing in helping to keep churches running…
Refugees in Syria short of food and medicine amid shelling – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of Palestinian refugees near the Syrian capital are trapped in “rapidly deteriorating” conditions without running water or doctors and little food, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as the Syrian army prepared to capture the area. The UN Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinian refugees, reported overnight shelling […]
Syria: Damascus churches damaged as Christian neighbourhoods hit
World Watch Monitor Two churches have been damaged in a fresh escalation of fighting in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Dozens of shells were fired from the rebel-held enclave of Goutha East last Tuesday, in the space of just a few hours, “at random” and without a specific goal, witnesses told AsiaNews. The attacks were concentrated on majority-Christian areas […]