Armradio — The Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) has released the list of Christian churches and monasteries in Syria that have been destroyed by ISIS and other Muslim groups.

Attacks on Christians in Syria began almost immediately after the Syrian civil war began. The attacks have targeted villages, churches monasteries and the clergy, and have been perpetrated by Al-Qaeda, the Al-Nusra Front, ISIS and other Muslim groups.

On February 23 ISIS attacked the 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur river in Hasaka, Syria, capturing 253 Assyrians. In the subsequent months it destroyed 11 churches and villages, rendering some villages uninhabitable.

According to the agency, three Armenian Curches have also been destroyed by terrorists. The St. Rita Tilel Armenian Church in Aleppo was bombed by ISIS on April 28. The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor was destroyed by ISIS in September, 2014. The Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs in Al-Raqqah was torched by ISIS and its cross atop its clock tower removed.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign Up for Our Newsletters

Get notified of the latest updates from MassisPost.

You May Also Like

European FMs Stress Importance of Clean Presidential Elections

YEREVAN — The foreign ministers of Sweden, Poland and Bulgaria called for…

Azeri POW Sent to ‘Third Country’

YEREVAN — An Azerbaijani soldier who reportedly surrendered to Nagorno-Karabakh’s armed forces…

Latest Poll: Good and Bad News for Pashinyan Administration

By K. Khodanian The US-based International Republican Institute has published its latest…

281 Mausoleums Found During Karmir Blur Excavations

YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Exceptional findings have been made during excavations in Karmir…