Assyrians hold placards and wave their community’s flag as they protest against ISIL abductions in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, February 28, 2015. Hundreds of Assyrian Christians have staged a rally in Lebanon to censure the recent abduction of over 200 members of the community by ISIL militants in northeastern Syria. The Christians took to the streets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, waving their... 

Syrians anti and pro-Assad protesters clash after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country’s autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...