Syrian opposition fighters seize 12 nuns from Christian village

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Source: Associated Press

Syrian opposition fighters seize 12 nuns from Christian village

Associated Press in Damascus
theguardian.com, Tuesday 3 December 2013 14.04 GMT

Opposition fighters have abducted 12 nuns from a predominantly Christian village near Damascus and taken them to a rebel-held town, the mother superior of a Syrian convent said on Tuesday.

Febronia Nabhan, Mother Superior at Saidnaya Convent, said that the nuns and three other women had been seized from another convent in the predominantly Christian village of Maaloula and taken to the nearby town of Yabroud on Monday.

On the same day, Syrian rebels had captured large parts of Maaloula, some 60 km northeast of the capital, after three days of fighting.

The state news agency Sana reported on Monday that six nuns, including the Maaloula convent's mother superior Pelagia Sayaf, were trapped in the nunnery.

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