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TOPSHOTS A Syrian man looks at the rubble of a five story apartment building that was destroyed in a barrel bomb attack in the al-Shaar neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo on August 27, 2014. Syrian war planes carried out a series of air raids on positions held by the Islamic State jihadist group […]
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Saint Michael’s Church in Ebbe, Tripoli in northern Lebanon. (Courtesy of Alessandra Bajec)
Churches on the Frontline
Father Arabius knows his city well. He serves St. Michael’s Orthodox Church in Ebbe, a district of Lebanon’s second city, Tripoli. Ebbe is bordered by two rival neighborhoods where a recurring conflict has violently erupted once again. Since the start of the uprising...Caption:
A Syrian Christian stands at the entrance to a monastery in Mishtaya. (Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images)
Opinion: Between Minorities and Extremists
The Lebanese capital, Beirut, recently hosted a Conference for the Christians of the Levant, which concluded two days of deliberation with the announcement of the establishment of the Christian Gathering of the Levant. The parties that supported the conference are...Caption:
Silhouetted supporters of the ousted Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi, stand in front the Egyptian army soldiers, not seen, after the protesters block a highway that link to the airport, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Opinion: What’s more important, religion or politics?
If you were to look for a common denominator between all the crises that the Arab world is currently witnessing, you would find it in the phenomenon of religious slogans. Different parties, movements, and organizations that are fighting—from Libya and the Sahara in...Caption:
Kholoud Succariyeh (R) and Nidal Darwish, who got married in defiance of Lebanon’s ban on civil unions, pose for a picture next to Beirut’s landmark Pigeon Rocks on January 25 2013. Source: JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images