Massacres a repeat of history for Assyrian Christians

Massacres a repeat of history for Assyrian Christians

Thousands of Assyrian Christians fled their villages near Hasaka earlier this week as news spread the Islamic State was on the attack, kidnapping even the elderly, women and children.Hasaka, located in northeastern Syria near the borders with Turkey and Iraq, had served for one hundred years as a ...

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