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Aleppo Christian archbishop fled to Lebanon

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A Christian archbishop fled Syria after his offices were ransacked last week amid fighting between rebels and government forces in the country’s biggest city Aleppo, Catholic news agency Fides said on Monday.

The Melchite Greek Catholic archbishop of Aleppo, Jean-Clement Jeanbart, and a number of priests fled to Lebanon after the attack on Thursday, Fides said.

The Melchite Greek Catholic Church is a community of Middle Eastern Christians who are in full communion with Rome.

Fides said “unidentified groups who want to feed a religious war and drag the Syrian population into sectarian conflicts” attacked the Christian area in the old quarter of Aleppo.

A Byzantine Christian museum and an office of the Maronite Christian faith were also damaged, the report said.

There are several Christian groups in Syria, many of which have been in the region since pre-Islamic times.

Christians make up around 10 percent of the population and many have remained loyal to President Bashar al-Assad – a member of the minority Alawite faith, an off-shoot of Shi’ite Islam – fearing that the majority Sunni Muslims would trample on religious rights if they took power.

However some senior members of the opposition are also Christians.

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10 responses to “Aleppo Christian archbishop fled to Lebanon”

  1. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    The Syrian regime is using the same tactics of the regime of Mubarak before it was toppled. Cowardly acts by a cowardly regime. I am certain these are regime thugs doing this and not the rebels.

    1. $31060015 Avatar
      $31060015

      Of course Hannibal, the free Syrian Terrorist are all innocent in this who thing. Just one thing, you and a lot of other people call them rebels. Rebels they are not. Paid mercenaries who will sell their mother for a dollar they are. 
       

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        In a country controlled by thuggery for 80 years what else did you expect to find? And the Iranians sent some over to ‘help’ ……

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        In a country controlled by thuggery for 80 years what else did you expect to find? And the Iranians sent some over to ‘help’ ……

  2. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    The Syrian regime is using the same tactics of the regime of Mubarak before it was toppled. Cowardly acts by a cowardly regime. I am certain these are regime thugs doing this and not the rebels.

  3. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    The Syrian regime is using the same tactics of the regime of Mubarak before it was toppled. Cowardly acts by a cowardly regime. I am certain these are regime thugs doing this and not the rebels.

    1. AntiFSA Avatar
      AntiFSA

      Of course Hannibal, the free Syrian Terrorist are all innocent in this who thing. Just one thing, you and a lot of other people call them rebels. Rebels they are not. Paid mercenaries who will sell their mother for a dollar they are. 
       

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        In a country controlled by thuggery for 80 years what else did you expect to find? And the Iranians sent some over to ‘help’ ……

  4. Persistent Avatar
    Persistent

    Christians in the ME form the fabric of the society and are integral part of the heritage and cultural wealth. They have contributed tremondously to transform the region. It is catastrophic to the entire region they are being gradually marginalized. The loss of this entity can be compared to a heart without the beat.  

  5. Persistent Avatar
    Persistent

    Christians in the ME form the fabric of the society and are integral part of the heritage and cultural wealth. They have contributed tremondously to transform the region. It is catastrophic to the entire region they are being gradually marginalized. The loss of this entity can be compared to a heart without the beat.  

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