December 4th, 2013 - 04:01 GMT Patriarch calls for release of Maaloula nuns and orphans Greek Orthodox Patriarch John Yazigi made pleas for Syrian rebels to release of a group of nuns and orphans they captured in the ancient town of Maaloula. Read more
![Site of a suicide bombing in the Jisr Abyad neighborhood in Damascus. [hdnux]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/maaloula_nuns.jpg?itok=Anmixg1N "Site of a suicide bombing in the Jisr Abyad neighborhood in Damascus. [hdnux]")
