List of Assyrian and Other Churches Destroyed in Syria
AINA- Assyrian International News Agency
- 13/12/2015
St. Mary's Assyrian Church in the northeastern Syrian village of Tal Nasri,
destroyed by ISIS.(AINA) -- The following is a list of Assyrian churches
and monasteries in Syria that have been destroyed by ISIS and other Muslim
groups. Also included is a list of non-Assyrian churches that have been
destroyed.
Attacks on Christians in Syria began almost immediately after the Syrian
civil war began. The attacks have targeted villages, churches monasteries
and the clergy, and have been perpetrated by Al-Qaeda, The Al-Nusra Front,
ISIS and other Muslim groups.
Destroyed Assyrian Churches
On February 23 ISIS attacked the 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur river
in Hasaka, Syria, capturing 253 Assyrians. In the subsequent months it
destroyed 11 churches and villages, rendering some villages uninhabitable.
Village Church
Tel Nasri - St. Mary Church
Tel Jazirah - St. John Church
Tel Shamiram - St. Bishu Church
Tel Talaa - St. Sleewa Church
Abu Tena - St. Shimun Church
Qabr Shamiya - St. Qoryaqos Church
Tel Baloaa - St. Shimon Church
Kharita - St. Shimun Church
Tel Meghada - St. Qoryaqos Church
Tel Tal - St. Odisho Church
Tel Hormizd - Raban Pityou Church
Monasteries
St. Elian monastery in Qaryatain, Syria, which is near Homs, was destroyed
by ISIS after it captured Qaryatain on August 6 (AINA 2015-08-20).
Non Assyrian Churches
The St. Rita Tilel Armenian Church in Aleppo was bombed by ISIS on April 28
(AINA 2015-04-29).
The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor was destroyed by ISIS in
September, 2014.
The Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in the northern
city of Raqa was torched by ISIS
The Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs was torched by ISIS and its
cross atop its clock tower removed.
Our Lady of Peace church was occupied by the rebels.
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