Palayur and the story of Syrian christians
Ancient Church in Syria
By
Ulrike Putz in Qa, Lebanon
There had been many warnings that the Khouri* family wouldn't talk.
"They won't say a word -- they're too scared," predicted the mayor of
Qa, a small market town in northeastern Lebanon where the Khouris are
staying. "They won't even open their door for journalists," said another
person, who had contacted the family on behalf of a non-governmental
organization.
Somehow, though, the interview was arranged in the end. Reserved and
halting, the women described what happened to their husbands, brothers
and nephews back in their hometown of Qusayr in Syria. They were killed
by Syrian rebel fighters, the women said -- murdered because they were
Christians, people who in the eyes of radical Islamist freedom fighters
have no place in the new Syria...
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