CWN - Hundreds of Syrian Christian fighters have gathered to defend Sadad, a Christian town of 3,500 between Homs and Damascus, as forces of the Islamic State advance.
Newsweek reported that Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, visited Sadad in order to encourage the town’s defenders.
“It is under assault," the patriarch said. “The young people in Sadad, with the help of some armed groups, were able to fight back and push IS back to where they started.”
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