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SYRIA & LEBANON: Charity provides Christmas cheer for Middle East’s crisis-hit communities
WARM winter clothing and Christmas presents for poor children are among the essential items a Catholic charity…
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SYRIA: ‘Hunger is the new war’
A Sister ministering to persecuted Christians in Syria has warned that “a big bomb” of hunger is…
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SYRIA: 22 projects for 2022… so far
Syria’s Christians have welcomed a leading Catholic charity’s raft of 22 vital fresh projects, supporting Christians who…
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BLOG: “Sisters go to the dark places where others cannot” in Syria and Lebanon
Two Sisters speak to ACN about the situation in Syria and Lebanon – and the vital work…
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LEBANON AND SYRIA: Children are looking for food in bins
Children in Syria are scavenging for food as the country’s economic crisis spirals out of control –…
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SYRIA: Charity offering crisis lifeline to Faithful
A Catholic charity has pledged more than £1 million for projects in Syria, as a deepening economic…
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SYRIA: Mothers and children scavenge for food in bins
Food shortages are so dire in Syria, according to a respected project partner of a leading Catholic…
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SYRIA: Sanctions – Syria’s new Calvary
A leading archbishop has hit out at international sanctions on Syria which are crippling the country and…
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SYRIA: Churches pray on anniversary of bishops’ abduction
Eight years after two bishops were kidnapped by Islamist extremists in Syria, the country’s Christians renewed prayers…
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SYRIA: Stop blocking vital aid
An urgent call to end the block on vital aid to people in sanctions-crippled Syria has come…
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SYRIA: Bishop – Western sanctions are counter-productive
Western sanctions against the Syrian government have plunged the country’s people into abject poverty but have left…
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SYRIA: Please don’t forget us
Coronavirus is causing the West to forget the people of Syria who are still in desperate need…