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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This month, northeast Syria’s remaining Christians will mark the 10th anniversary of an Islamic State ...

This is our land.” The archbishop said 34 Christian villages along the Khabur river were home to 45,000 Assyrians before the 2015 attack. Amsih said about 2.2 million Christians were in Syria ...