(THE CONVERSATION) Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas.

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The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako. (AFP) As Churches across the world come together to celebrate the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, from January 18-25, ...

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