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                      Nuns Held by Syrian Rebels Released

   by VOA News

   Syrian rebels have released a group of about a dozen Greek Orthodox
   nuns who have been held since December.
   Syrian rebels, including members of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front,
   seized the nuns from the Mar Takla convent when fighters overran the
   Christian village of Maaloula, north of Damascus, in December.
   Lebanese media reports say the nuns were taken to Lebanon late Sunday
   and are expected to return to Syria, where they were to be met by
   church officials.
   The nuns, who are believed to be mostly Syrian and Lebanese, worked in
   the convent's orphanage.
   Their seizure raised fears in the minority Christian community that
   they were being targeted by extremists among the fighters seeking to
   oust President Bashar al-Assad.
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