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Renewed Turkish Genocide of Armenians and Syriacs Continues an Alarming Trend
Author: Richard Ghazal
Publication Date: 5/11/2020
Source: Providence
On the morning of September 27, 2020, overwhelming support for the ethnic Armenians of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) flooded social media in the wake of Azerbaijan’s unprovoked attack on the former autonomous oblast. Among Artsakh’s most ardent supporters were Syriac Christians, who, as a result of twentieth-century Anglo-French mapmaking, now straddle the Turkey-Syria border between warring nations.
Watch: Bethlehem lights up Christmas tree as coronavirus rules keep crowds away
Publication Date: 6/12/2020
Source: Al-Arabiya
Bethlehem lit up its Christmas tree on Saturday evening but without the usual crowds, as novel coronavirus restrictions put a damper on the start of Christmas festivities in the holy city.
Very good news: Palestinian Authority officially recognizes Palestinian Evangelical Council of Churches after 12 year effort. Here’s the latest.
Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
Publication Date: 20/11/2020
Source: Kehila News
It is my deep conviction that Evangelicals in North America and around the world who love Israel and the Jewish people must also love all Arabs, including the Palestinian people.
Palestinians thwart arson attack on Jerusalem church
Author: Daoud Kuttab
Publication Date: 4/12/2020
Source: Arab News
Palestinians on Friday thwarted an arson attack on an East Jerusalem church by putting out the fire and capturing the perpetrator, reported to be a Jewish settler.
Israeli man attempts to burn down Jerusalem's historic Gethsemane Church
Publication Date: 4/12/2020
Source: Middle East Eye
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemns attack and blames it on Israeli government.
Lebanon faces an exodus of its Christian population
Author: Maria Lozano
Publication Date: 11/11/2020
Source: Aleteia
“Pope Francis has told us that a Middle East without Christians is unthinkable. If Christians are to remain in this country, we need each and every one of them,” says Father Nicolas Riachy, the Melkite Catholic parish priest.
Lebanon president stresses importance of preserving Christian presence in Middle East
Publication Date: 17/11/2020
Source: Middle East Monitor
Lebanese President Michel Aoun yesterday stressed on the importance of preserving the Christian presence in the Arab region to ensure "diversity, openness and tolerance".Aoun made the remarks during a meeting with the new Chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Community in Lebanon, Father Timon the Syriac.
With Bassil sanctions, Hezbollah has lost allies, Christian political cover
Author: Hanin Ghaddar
Publication Date: 2/12/2020
Source: Al-Arabiya
According to a recent statement by US Ambassador in Lebanon Dorothy Shea, the US sanctions against former minister and head of the Christian Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) in Lebanon Gebran Bassil are not necessarily going to be the last sanctions against a Lebanese political figure.
