🎄Syrian Christians March In Damascus To Protest Burning Of Christmas Tree By HTS Militants – The Cradle
🎄Syrian Christians March In Damascus To Protest Burning Of Christmas Tree By HTS Militants
The former Al-Qaeda branch has condemned the incident and has promised harsh punishment against the foreign militants responsible
Hundreds of Syrian Christians protested on the streets of the capital, Damascus, on 24 December in condemnation of the recent burning of a Christmas tree in the central governorate of Hama by extremist militants affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)…
Carrying wooden crosses and the new Syrian flag, the demonstrators marched through the capital towards the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy…
“We demand the rights of Christians,” the protesters chanted.
Protests had been taking place the night before across the capital. Some Christians have decided to carry rifles to defend themselves from HTS…
Protests led by Syrian Christians also took place in Sahnaya, Jaramana, Hama, and other areas of the country.
Video footage that circulated on social media on 23 December showed a large Christmas tree burning in Hama’s Suqaylabiyah – a Christian neighborhood. The tree was set ablaze on Monday by foreign militants under HTS’s command. Some reports said the militants were from Chechnya, while others said they were Uzbeki fighters.
HTS deployed a military official to the scene of the burning to condemn the incident and vow punishment for those responsible.
..HTS has repeatedly issued apologies and condemnations over several “isolated” incidents of the sort, vowing protection for all minorities and their rights.
Last week, militants shot at and attacked the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in the city of Hama, vandalizing statues and desecrating graves. HTS apologized for the incident. Executions of Alawites and ex-Syrian army soldiers have also been reported.
HTS’s leader, now the de facto ruler of Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has been meeting with western…
Under its previous name, the Nusra Front – which was Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria – HTS was responsible for numerous war crimes and atrocities against minorities, including the execution of Alawites and people from other sects, as well as the kidnapping of nuns.
Sharaa himself was a member of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), which became ISIS after…
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