DAMASCUS: Nearly 40 nuns and orphans are trapped inside a convent in the Syrian Christian town of Maalula, where regime troops are battling rebel forces.
“The Mar Takla convent is living through painful days because it is in the middle of the zone where fire is being exchanged, which makes getting supplies difficult and dangerous,” the Damascus-based Greek Orthodox Patriarchate said in a statement yesterday.
“The generator has gone out because of the fighting, halting the supply of water to the convent and threatening the lives of those inside,” the statement added.
It issued an “urgent appeal” to humanitarian groups to “ensure the necessary supplies to residents of the convent.
AFP
