Christian worshippers attend an Orthodox Easter service at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Virgin Mary in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province on April 24, 2022. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)
John 15:18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Important Takeaways:
- The United States is condemning the murder of religious minorities in Syria, as reports circulate online that more than a thousand innocent civilians have been killed by Islamic terrorists.
- On X, Senator Marco Rubio condemned the violence, saying, “The United States stands with Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish communities.”
- In recent days, graphic videos of the alleged killing of Christians in western Syria have emerged.
- According to the Iraqi Christian Foundation, which advocates for Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, the death toll is 1,800. It alleges that entire villages are being slaughtered
- The attacks marked the worst violence Syria has seen since Assad’s ouster.
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