Biased coverage of Syria's six-year conflict criticised by religious sister

Biased coverage of Syria’s six-year conflict criticised by religious sister

Friday, October 14th, 2016

Biased coverage of Syria’s six-year conflict has been criticised by a religious sister working with Christian families in Aleppo.

Sister Annie Demerjian, a member of the Sisters of Jesus and Mary, questioned why Western journalists focused on the plight of people in areas held by rebels and jihadis but seldom those in regions controlled by the government of Bashar Assad.

“It is not fair.

“We don’t see a balance,” she said. Read more

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