An Assyrian man carries his daughter on his shoulders as she holds a candle in front of the Assyrian church, background, during the traditional Palm Sunday procession, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2015. In late February, the Islamic State group took captive more than 220 Christians from villages in Syria's northeastern province of Hassakeh. Some 19 have been freed. Since that incident, scores of Assyrian Christians from Hassakeh have fled to safety in neighboring Lebanon, that has the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East. Streams of Christian pilgrims gathered Sunday to celebrate the path of Jesus Christ's last journey into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, before his crucifixion. Streams of Christian pilgrims gathered Sunday to celebrate the path of Jesus Christ's last journey into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, before his crucifixion. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon Assyrian Palm Sunday )