September 6th, 2015 - 06:00 GMT Lost highway? If Daesh captures a vital road in Syria, the outcome will be detrimental Daesh militants have their eyes on a vital road connecting government-held territory in Damascus to the north and west of the country. The result could have a serious impact on the country's growing refugee crisis. Read more
![Islamist rebels kidnapped a group of nuns from the Greek Orthodox monastery of St Thecla in Maaloula north of Damascus. [wordpress]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/damascus-nuns.jpg?itok=7wvJAcZY "Islamist rebels kidnapped a group of nuns from the Greek Orthodox monastery of St Thecla in Maaloula north of Damascus. [wordpress]")
![Auxiliary Bishop at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Luqa al-Khoury declared war on the Syrian rebels. [pravoslavie]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/luca.jpg?itok=xPYuHEq- "Auxiliary Bishop at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Luqa al-Khoury declared war on the Syrian rebels. [pravoslavie]")
![The photo shows Greek Orthodox nuns at the Meriamiah Church in Damascus on December 9, 2012. [alalam]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/nuns_in_syria.jpg?itok=TSpOnhsJ "The photo shows Greek Orthodox nuns at the Meriamiah Church in Damascus on December 9, 2012. [alalam]")
![Site of a suicide bombing in the Jisr Abyad neighborhood in Damascus. [hdnux]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/maaloula_nuns.jpg?itok=Anmixg1N "Site of a suicide bombing in the Jisr Abyad neighborhood in Damascus. [hdnux]")
