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2019-10-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Christianity near extinction in Qamishli after Turkish bombardment
[Rudaw] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
’s offensive in northeast Syria has further undermined Qamishli’s already fragile Christian population.

Already dwindling following the war with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS
...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...
), Qamishli’s Christian community was again forced to flee as Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian militias threatened to overrun the city.

The war with ISIS pushed all but 50,000 Christians out of Qamishli, according to SDF estimates. The recent Ottoman Turkish shelling drove another third of them out of the town where they have lived for centuries.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11150 views ]  Top
 File under: Sublime Porte 

#1 Let's just turn a blind eye to this. Argue the veracity of an SDF allegation itself.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-19 10:22||   2019-10-19 10:22|| Front Page Top

#2 They were near extinction BEFORE the bombardment.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-10-19 16:11||   2019-10-19 16:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Foretold in Revelations End Times.
Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-10-19 18:45||   2019-10-19 18:45|| Front Page Top

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