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Details Emerge Of ISIS' Mass Abduction Of Christians In Syria
Le Figaro (English addition World Crunch) ^ | 7-5-2017 | Joseph Yacoub and Thierry Oberle

Posted on 07/08/2017 3:15:59 PM PDT by Texas Fossil

Christian Assyrians have been targeted repeatedly through history — and found themselves under attack again by ISIS forces in Syria.

"They're coming! They're coming!" On that day, Feb. 23, 2015, a new page in the tragedy of the Middle East's Christians was written on the banks of the Khabur River, in northeastern Syria. Armed with heavy weaponry and armored vehicles, ISIS fighters swept down from the Mount Abdulaziz region and stormed local Assyrian Christian villages, sending panic-stricken residents fleeing for their lives. Thousands sought shelter in the area's major cities, Al-Hassakeh and Al-Qamishli.

The fighting lasted several hours. Two local militias, the Khabur Guards and the Syriac Military Council, fought to defend their countrymen. In Tel Hormuz, where the resistance was strong, 11 were killed and a good number went missing. Women distinguished themselves with their courage. Still, the Christian fighters were overwhelmed. The military superiority of ISIS was obvious and defeat was inevitable.

Everything began 10 days before the invasion, when ISIS ordered the villagers to remove crosses from their churches and pay a special poll tax. The villagers refused. The overall goal of ISIS was to expel these "infidels" from the country and extend its hegemony to the region. This was a repeat of the religious cleansing operation that took place in the summer 2014, on the other side of the border, in the Ninevah Plains region in Iraq.

"They had been training for a year to invade the villages," says Guiwargis (not his real name) a survivor who later fled to Lebanon. "ISIS had plans and maps. The jihadists implemented a concerted and deliberate strategy to empty the region of its Christians."

(Excerpt) Read more at worldcrunch.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abduction; arabchristians; christian; christianpersecution; hostages; isis; muslimworld; syria
Many Christians have been killed, captured, enslaved, raped and vanished by ISIS. This happened in North Eastern Syria.

Many of the 200+ people have been ransomed, it took over a year to accomplish that. Some still missing. Not much left of their town and lives in Syria.

But they never gave up their faith. Some of them were killed for refusing to accept Islam.

God Bless Syrian Christians.

1 posted on 07/08/2017 3:16:00 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Ad Orientam; antonius; aposiopetic; arielguard; bad company; blinachka; bob808; Brad's Gramma; ...
Orthodox Ping!

Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!

2 posted on 07/08/2017 3:21:20 PM PDT by lightman (Trump = A glorious amalgamation of Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan!)
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To: Texas Fossil

“God Bless Syrian Christians”

And GD Obama, who sat back and let this happen.
I wish evil on few people, but I wouldn’t mind seeing Barak pay for this.


3 posted on 07/08/2017 3:36:53 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: VanShuyten

Obama did not ‘let this happen’. Obama, McCain, Kerry and others facilitated it. There is no statute of limitations for murder, and some people are still hunting Nazis, some of whom were executed - and rightly so - for less.


4 posted on 07/08/2017 3:46:19 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Why defend the EU?)
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To: Texas Fossil
**Church of the East, also known as the Nestorian Church**
5 posted on 07/08/2017 3:50:06 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: VanShuyten

All of these people have blood on there hands: Obama the son of a bitch and Muslim,The Pope turned his back on Christians while bowing to the Koranimals,John F-ing Kerry and Killory Klinton just figured,”What difference does it make?”,bimbos Harf,Psaki and Rice lied and hash tagged.


6 posted on 07/08/2017 4:33:06 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Salvation

Yes, they were originally from Iraq and during one of the genocides they migrated to Syria, from what I remember.

They are on Twitter at

OneAssyria; @OAssyria

https://twitter.com/OAssyria/status/882664142053621760

These Christians were armed, but with small arms only. No match for the heavy weapons that ISIS had.

Imagine a year, not knowing if the next day they would behead you?

I’m in contact with some of the Assyrian Christians who are in the SDF fighting to end ISIS in (Raqqa) Syria. They are a force of about 2,000 men and women.

They are on Titter here:

SyriacMilitaryMFS @SyriacMFS

https://twitter.com/SyriacMFS/status/872768060989616129

Their female force is here:

HSNB @HSNB_

#HSNB COMMANDER NISHA. #raqqa #SDF @HSNB_ @SyriacMFS

https://twitter.com/HSNB_/status/872770648686424064

In Iraq:

Iraqi Christian HRC @iraqschristians

Security: #KRG & #Christian forces guard 6 #Chaldean towns N of Mosul; Shi’ite militias & NPU guard 3 #Syriac towns (+ Karmles) E of Mosul.

https://twitter.com/iraqschristians/status/883827156681453569

Chaldeans in Iraq:

Chaldean Nation @ChaldeanNation

https://twitter.com/ChaldeanNation/status/882054644494716930


7 posted on 07/08/2017 4:51:22 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: VanShuyten

Your anger is totally justified.

I’ve been obsessed with this insanity for years. If you don’t believe me, ask my wife. I’ll text you my phone number and she will tell you. smile. (we’ve been married 46 years)


8 posted on 07/08/2017 4:53:40 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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