CBN Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell spoke with Lela Gilbert, co-author of Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians, about the persecution of Christians in Syria and the Middle East. Click play to watch.
Watch more of Mitchell’s interview with Gilbert, here.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Obama administration will give the Syrian opposition an additional $60 million in aid.
Kerry said the United States will also for the first time provide food and medical supplies to the rebels fighting to remove President Bashar Assad.
He announced the new support and change in policy in Rome Thursday, where an international conference on Syria is being held. European nations are expected to follow Kerry’s example.
Kerry said the goal of the aid is to put more pressure on Assad to step down and to make way for a democratic transition.
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