(CNSNews.com) – In its efforts to prop up its ally in Damascus, the Iranian regime has deployed its own military advisers, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) units and Shi'a fighters from Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan – and now it appears to be recruiting its own children.
A promotional musical video aired on state television this week encourages children to join the fight in Syria – ready to become martyrs in the process – with Jerusalem as the ultimate goal.
Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Francis on Sunday decried the resurgence of violence in Syria in recent days, especially in Aleppo, and renewed the call to bring about peace through dialogue.
"I receive with deep sorrow the tragic news coming from Syria, about the spiral of violence that continues to aggravate the already desperate humanitarian situation of the country," the pontiff said May 1 after reciting the Regina Caeli address in St. Peter's Square.
