Islamic State militants have reportedly released 19 Assyrian Christians who were abducted from a village in northeastern Syria last week.
News of the Sunday release offered some hope to the Assyrian Christian community worldwide — but the fate of more than 200 believers left behind remains unclear.
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Bishop Mar Aprim Khamis of Assyrian Church of the East in Glendale is asking for urgent prayers of support.
“We are the people who have faith in Christ,” the bishop told AZ Central. “We have been persecuted. We have been massacred. Today it’s not only tragic, it’s genocide.”
