A tumultuous 12 months for Syria ended on a bitter be aware with protests after photos and movies circulated of the burning of a Christmas tree in a Christian-majority metropolis close to Damascus.
News of the burning Christmas tree generated headlines world wide because the Islamist faction that toppled ex-President Bashar al-Assad goals to revive peace within the nation. Middle East information outlet The National shared an authorized vid on X, which could be seen under.
Thousands 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 came about within the metropolis of Hama round 200 km north of Damascus final evening.
The BBC reported that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that toppled the despotic al-Assad earlier this month, has mentioned the lads accountable for the arson had been overseas fighters and have been detained whereas the tree might 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 most important 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 pinnacle 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 20 years of terror as hundreds of political prisoners had been freed. Al-Assad and household have been compelled to hunt refuge in Russia.
