Al-Thawrah, Syria (AINA)
-- A 26 year-old Assyrian man, Ninar Odisho, was murdered on Saturday, September
21, in the afternoon in the city of Al-Thawra (al-Tabqah), where
he had gone to safeguard his family's house and property. Mr. Odisho was with
two Muslim friends when they were approached by Jihadist rebels, who questioned
the three men at gun point. The rebels released his friends upon learning they
were Muslim, then beat and bludgeoned Mr. Odisho to death.
Al-Thawrah fell to the Syrian rebels in September, 2012 and came under
the control of al-Nusra Front and other Jihadist groups fighting in Syria.
Nearly all of the Assyrians were forced to leave the area (AINA 8-2-2013). The rebels
told the Assyrians to convert to Islam to keep their jobs, and that if they
refused they had to leave or be killed (AINA 8-4-2013).
The rebels destroyed the Antiochian Orthodox church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus and other Christian churches (AINA 8-9-2013).
The rebels destroyed the Antiochian Orthodox church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus and other Christian churches (AINA 8-9-2013).
