Qatar helped broker the release of kidnapped nuns

Ahh ....  so perhaps one of the Sunni sheikhdoms does not hate Assad as much as the others. Hmmmm. Divide and conquer ... it does work!

The Syrian Christian nuns from Maaloula who were kidnapped   by the forces in the pay of the laughingly termed "Judeo-Christian" nations and their allies in the Middle East, were released after nearly 4 months in captivity.  



Christa Case Bryant writing at CSMonitor:
...The overnight release of 13 Syrian nuns in a prisoner exchange provides a rare bright spot for the country’s beleaguered Christians, who have faced increasing persecution lately.

The nuns, kidnapped by Al Qaeda-linked rebels late last year, were reportedly freed in exchange for the release of regime prisoners, although the details remain unclear.

Qatari officials as well as the Assad regime reportedly helped broker the agreement that allowed the nuns to return home to Syria early today after being kidnapped from their monastery in Maaloula, north of Damascus, in December.

But overall the situation for Syria’s Christians has deteriorated, particularly in the northern city of Raqqa, where a jihadist group recently forced local Christians to choose between converting to Islam, paying a protection tax, or being killed.........