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Islamic State abducts dozens of Christian families at Syrian churches and checkpoints

By Reuters — August 7, 2015
Human rights observers say 45 women and 19 children, including 11 families were taken Thursday. They are among hundreds of residents, Muslims and Christians, whose families have lost touch with them since the militants captured the area.

Syrian Christians live in uneasy alliance with Bashar Assad

By Stephen Starr and S Akminas — May 11, 2012

DAMASCUS, Syria (RNS) Many of Syria's Christians continue to stand by Bashar Assad's regime not out of support but out of fear of civil war if rebels gain strength, or worse, if they win and install an Islamist government hostile to religious minorities. By Stephen Starr and S. Akminas.

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