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Syndicated NewsWith Rosaries in Their Hands, Christians Flee Raqqa and ISILhttps://www.thenational.aePosted 2017-08-10 03:45 GMTSawsan Karapetyan and her family are among the very few Christians left in Raqqa, living under the brutal rule of ISIL.On Tuesday, after years of living in fear, she fled, clutching her rosary beads.The 45-year-old Syrian Armenian and six members of her family left ISIL territory on foot under cover of darkness. They were rescued by Christian fighters who are participating in the battle to oust the extremists from Raqqa and taken to the safety of the western suburb of Jazra in the back of a lorry."I didn't want to leave, but there was so much bombardment around us that we fled," said Sawsan, still wearing the black robes which ISIL declared compulsory for all women.Continued: http://www.aina.org/news/20170809234544.htm
