About a dozen nuns held by rebels in Syria for more than three months have been released and are on their way to Damascus via Lebanon, a security source and church officials said on Sunday. A Lebanese security source said the nuns had been taken to the Lebanese town of Arsal earlier in the week and were headed to Syriaon Sunday accompanied by the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the kidnapping of 12 nuns by the terrorists in Syria, and called for their immediate freedom. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham condemned terrorists attack on Syrias Maaloula village, insulting Christian sacred sites and kidnapping 12 nuns of Mar Takla Monastery, and asked ...