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“The situation is not okay” Thimar partners face attacks and threats in Syria
By Ghinwa Akiki and Hunter Williamson August 5, 2025It was around 6:30 pm on a Sunday in late June when a suicide bomber attacked Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus, a partner-church of Thimar’s relief and development ministry MERATH. The attack took place...
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As war rages, Thimar responds
Seventeen families crowded the small school in a village just outside Beirut, their few belongings placed against classroom walls and crammed into corners alongside mattresses. The exhaustion on their faces and black bags under their eyes spoke to the harrowing ordeals each one of them had been through in recent days.
War in Lebanon, An Update
For almost a year, we’ve been asking if there will be a full-scale war in Lebanon. Today, it seems we have gotten much closer to one.
Breaking Taboos in Syria
Maya sat in the conference hall of the sweltering Syrian monastery with her husband and 16-year-old daughter. As a church leader, she was excited to hear, for the first time in her life, a qualified professional explaining how to address sensitive topics like porn and…