President Bashar Al-Assad visits christian town of maloula on easter
President al-Assad in Maaloula on the easter, and his tour of the place and the monasteries destroyed and meeting on the way back a number of residents and soilders who liberated the town from islamists. Ref. Source 3
ISIS militants in northern Syria released at least 20 Assyrian Christian hostages on Sunday, according to Rami Abdelrahman, the chief of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Abdelrahman has a network of activists on the ground in Syria. On Saturday, the observatory -- citing an Assyrian commander -- said that ISIS planned to release 29 Assyrian Christian hostages. Ref. CNN
ISIS Executes 3 Assyrian Christians in Hasakah, Syria:
The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) has released another a gory video in which they brutally execute three Assyrian civilians that were taken captive during their winter offensive (February 23rd) in the Khabour River region of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. Ref. Source 8b
President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees :
TRUMP: "They've been horribly treated. Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough to get into the United States? If you were a Muslim you could come in" Ref. Source 2l.