Between (6 9 October), a delegation from the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) visited Syria aiming at learning about churches in Syria and the situation of Iraqi refugees. The delegation met with Heads of Churches, church leaders, Iraqi Christian families who thanked the Syrian Government for hosting them and talked about their sufferings being forced to be displaced from their home country. The NCA supports a project for Iraqis in Syria. Th e MECC office in Damascus facilitated the program of the visit. For further information contact Mr Samer Laham and Mr Razek Siriani: [email protected], [email protected]
Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon
Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary
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+961-1-353-938 http://www.mec-churches.org/