Rebel Syrian group expels Christians from village

(14 May, 2012) Members of the Syrian Liberation Army, one of the rebel groups battling the President Assad’s regime, have expelled all Christians from a village in Hama province, according to local Christian sources. The Vatican-based Fides news agency received news from the province of Hama, in the north of Homs, that armed men have expelled all Christian families in the village of Al Borj Al Qastal, in the province of Hama. The news, spread by some international agency, was confirmed by local Church sources. The sources said that armed groups – of the militias of the composite Syrian Liberation Army - have penetrated into the village, driving out all Christian families, taking possession of homes and turning the Church in the area in military headquarters. The village of Al Borj Al Qastal is in the province of Hama, and welcomed about 10 Christian families, now displaced, innocent victims of conflict.