“Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed. It is a promise that is binding on him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfills his covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have made, for that is the supreme triumph.” (Qur’an 9:111)
“New Year’s Eve church attack foiled in Syria,” Open Doors, January 6, 2026:
An attack on a church in Aleppo, Syria, was foiled on New Year’s Eve by security services. However, a soldier was killed in the incident, which will likely exacerbate the fears of many Syrian Christians going into the new year.
According to Open Doors sources, security forces noticed a man acting suspiciously around a church close to Farhat Square. As they sought to stop him, the man started shooting and detonated a bomb belt, killing himself and a soldier, and wounding two others.
The sources and several news agencies report that the man was part of so-called Islamic State (IS). It’s believed that IS, or groups linked to IS, wanted to carry out attacks on churches and public gatherings during celebrations for the new year. Although IS don’t rule parts of Syria as they did some ten years ago, groups with links to them are still present.
According to AFP, a press agency, the Interior Ministry said intelligence indicated that IS militants were preparing ‘suicide operations and attacks targeting New Year’s celebrations in a number of governorates, particularly the city of Aleppo, by targeting churches and civilian gathering spots.’
It meant that heightened security measures were already in place around churches and other places of worship. At the time of the incident in Aleppo, no churches were gathered for a service or event….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Okay, the first sign that Syria’s regime is at all interested in protecting Christians. Or at least convincing the West that it is
This needs to be a trend before one can believe that this regime is not a jihadist regime
OLD GUY says
Islamic followers are so brainwashed they think blowing themselves up and murdering is a godly act. Why do the religious leaders of Christian and other faiths uphold the idea that Islam is a religion? On top of that why do our political leaders keep bending over to protect Islam as a religion?