A tumultuous yr for Syria ended on a bitter word with protests after pictures and movies circulated of the burning of a Christmas tree in a Christian-majority city close to Damascus.
Information of the burning Christmas tree generated headlines around the globe because the Islamist faction that toppled ex-President Bashar al-Assad goals to revive peace within the nation. Center East information outlet The Nationwide shared a licensed vid on X, which may be seen beneath.
1000’s of demonstrators took to the streets round Syria together with within the capital Damascus demanding safety for non secular minorities following the Christmas tree burning, which occurred within the metropolis of Hama round 200 km north of Damascus final night time.
The BBC reported that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that toppled the despotic al-Assad earlier this month, has mentioned the boys liable for the arson have been overseas fighters and have been detained whereas the tree will probably be swiftly repaired in a bid for calm.
There are an estimated 300,000 Christians in Syria, which represents round 2.5% to three% of the inhabitants. Sunni Muslims comprise the biggest group, round three quarters of the inhabitants.
HTS stays a delegated terrorist group within the U.S., EU and UK, however final Friday the U.S. scrapped a $10M bounty on the top of its chief Ahmed al-Sharaa, who’s now Syria’s de facto chief. HTS overthrew al-Assad’s regime dramatically earlier this month, ending greater than twenty years of terror as hundreds of political prisoners have been freed. Al-Assad and household have been pressured to hunt refuge in Russia.
