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Syria’s Christians Face “Ethno-Religious Cleansing,” Investigator Warns US As New Government Courts West

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International CorrespondentWASHINGTON/DAMASCUS (Worthy News) – The burial of a 19-year-old girl killed in a June bombing at the Mar Elias Church in Syria’s capital Damascus has become a stark symbol of the “ethno-religious cleansing” facing Syria’s ancient Christian community, a Swedish investigative journalist told U.S. officials.Nuri Kino, founder of the advocacy group A Demand for Action, testified before the U.S. Commission on International Religious