Another Ancient Christian City in Syria Being Terrorized by Islamic Rebels

The ancient Christian Syrian city of Saidnaya has recently come under threat from "Islamist militas," who have been raiding and terrorizing the village.

According to Fides "Islamist militias from Yabroud and the Lebanese mountain" have been preying upon the village. Earlier this week, one of the raids killed a Catholic man.

Saidnaya is one of several mountainous villages located north of Damascus that has long been home to Christians and whose residents still speak Aramaic - the language believed to be the same Christ spoke.

Many ancient monasteries and churches from the Byzantine Empire and Middle Ages populate the area and Saidnaya is well-known as a center of Christian pilgrimage.


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