The new exodus: Christians flee ISIS in the Middle East
By Janine Di Giovanni and Conor Gaffey, Newsweek. Before jihadists overran this mountain town in 2013, Maaloula was one of the oldest Christian communities in Syria, where Western Aramaic—the language of Jesus Christ—is still spoken. It was also a place of profound peace, where Sunni and Shiite Muslim residents, along with their Christian neighbors, forged…