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Catholic aid agencies launch emergency collections for quake victims in Turkey, Syria

OSV News|Feb 7, 2023|3 Min Read

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Local bishops describe shock, despair and mourning in Aleppo after earthquake

Doreen Abi Raad|Feb 7, 2023|6 Min Read

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Pope saddened by 'huge loss of life' after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Justin McLellan|Feb 7, 2023|3 Min Read

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Amid ongoing civil war, Syrians face mass casualties from 7.8-magnitude quake

Dale Gavlak|Feb 6, 2023|6 Min Read

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Over 5,000 dead as 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Turkey, Syria

Junno Arocho Esteves|Feb 6, 2023|4 Min Read

A girl carries a stack of pita bread on her head as she walks near rubble of damaged buildings in Aleppo, Syria, April 12, 2019. The Chaldean Catholic bishop of Aleppo said 11 years of war and the accompanying economic sanctions have left the city impoverished. (CNS photo/Omar Sanadiki, Reuters)

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Syrian bishop: Aleppo facing 'bombardment' of poverty

Doreen Abi Raad|Aug 16, 2022|3 Min Read

People in Shanghai, China, attend an Easter Vigil service April 3, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Aly Song/Reuters, CNS via Crux)

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U.S. religious freedom body highlights Nigeria, Russia in new report

John Lavenburg|Apr 28, 2022|6 Min Read

Volunteers are seen in early May preparing meals in a damaged neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Ambassadors to the Vatican from around the world were called together Oct. 15, 2020, to hear from Cardinal Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio to Syria, about the humanitarian disaster in Syria. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters)

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After 11 years of conflict, Syria 'off media's radar,' cardinal says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 16, 2022|2 Min Read

Fawza Umri helps her son put on clothes after being bathed inside their tent at Atmeh camp, near the Turkish border in Syria, June 13, 2020. Humanitarian groups have accused Turkey of "weaponing water" in the northeast region of Syria. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters)

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Top Syrian bishop calls US, EU sanctions against the country ‘criminal’

Elise Ann Allen|Nov 22, 2021|4 Min Read

An internally displaced Syrian boy stands next to boxes of humanitarian aid at the back of a truck in the opposition-held Idlib, Syria, June 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters)

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As U.N. vote nears, some want more cross-border access for aid to Syria

Dale Gavlak|Jul 1, 2021|5 Min Read

A billboard that reads "Hope through work. Bashar al-Assad" is seen near damaged buildings in Homs, Syria, May 23, 2021, ahead of the May 26 presidential election. (Omar Sanadiki/Reuters via CNS)

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Syriac Catholic patriarch says situation in Syria ‘humanly unbearable’

Doreen Abi Raad|May 25, 2021|4 Min Read

In this March 23, 2011, file photo, anti-government protesters pass burning tires set alight by the protesters following clashes with Syrian security forces in the southern city of Daraa, Syria. The decision by Syrian President Bashar Assad to crush the initially peaceful protests in March 2011 propelled Syria into a civil war that has killed more than a half million people. (Hussein Malla/AP via Crux)

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Syrian bishop calls economic sanctions ‘crime against humanity’

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 24, 2021|6 Min Read

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