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April 8, 2015

Protected zone for minorities sought in Iraq, Syria

Displaced Assyrians, who fled from the villages around Tel Tamr, Syria, gather March 9 outside the Assyrian Church in Hassakeh as they wait for news about abductees remaining in Islamic State hands.

AMMAN, Jordan - A call for an area to protect Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and Iraq is gathering pace even as April marks the centenary of the 1915 genocide of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Christians.

Published in International