  Raqqa Armenian church cross replaced with Islamic State flag October 26, 2017 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Photojournalist Tony Ishak has photographed the Armenian church of Raqqa after the liberation of the city, Horizon Weekly reports. Raqqa’s famed Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs and the Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation were both ravaged and desecrated by ISIS jihadists in 2014. Footage released on March 14, 2016 showed the Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs in Raqqa with crosses removed or toppled. ISIS turned the Church into a proselytizing center and replaced the cross with an ISIS flag. Other Armenian Churches in Syria destroyed by terrorists and militants: – The St. Rita Tilel Armenian Church in Aleppo was bombed by ISIS on April 28. – The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor was destroyed by ISIS in September, 2014. – The Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs in Raqqa was torched by ISIS and its cross atop its clock tower removed. – In 2012 The Armenian church of the Holy Cross in Tal Abyad was torched by ISIS. – The Armenian Church of Forty Martyrs in Aleppo was bombed and destroyed in April 2015. – All Armenian churches in Kessab were desecrated by terrorists and militants.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says  David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
