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In this article, I address declining Christian populations in other key biblical locations and explore the reasons for such ...

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Damascus (AFP) – After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Afaf Mohammed did what she could not for more than a decade: she climbed Mount Qasyun to admire a sleeping Damascus "from the sky" and watch ...

Sameer Al-DOUMY/AFP/AFP After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Afaf Mohammed did what she could not for more than a decade: she climbed Mount Qasyun to admire a sleeping Damascus "from the sky" and ...