BREAKING: alleged bombing attempt has taken place at the Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo yesterday. Will the media even cover this? pic.twitter.com/PJceoXuEHP — The Aramaic Wire ܣܘܪܝܐ (@AramaicWire) May 14, 2026 In April, some Muslims in Syria vowed to kill all the nation’s Christians, Druze and Alawites and take their women as sex slaves. Around […]
Syria: Jihad suicide attack foiled at church on New Year’s Eve
“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.” (Qur’an 9:111)
Israel Warns Iran: Don’t Send Weapons to Syria
The Israelis have warned Iran not to send weapons to Assad’s army, lest they fall into the hands of Hezbollah. Assad, of course, is desperate. Aleppo has been taken by the rebels of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HST). Hama has been taken. Now the rebels are marching on Homs, Syria’s third city, and tens of thousands […]
Erdogan ally says Aleppo is ‘Turkish and Muslim to its very marrow’
Erdogan’s ally, and the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli, declares that Aleppo “is Turkish and Muslim to its very marrow. It is not just us who says so, history says so, geography says so. The Turkish flag that was hoisted over Aleppo citadel says… https://t.co/QnH8NG7maR — Uzay Bulut (@bulutuzay_) December 3, […]
Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo: We continue our ministry in Aleppo despite death threats
The jihadis are trying to “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), and Metropolitan Ephraim is refusing to be intimidated. “Antiochian hierarch: We continue our ministry in Aleppo despite threats,” SPZH.eu, December 2, 2024: On December 1, 2024, reports emerged that terrorists attacking Aleppo are planning to find and behead Metropolitan Ephraim. Metropolitan […]
Syria: Jihadis storm Assad’s Aleppo palace, ‘Allahu akbar! May he go to hell!’
These are not heroic revolutionaries throwing off a tyranny. They’re Sunni jihadis who hope to establish a Sharia state. “Islamist Militants Storm Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s Aleppo Palace With Calls Of ‘Allah Akbar!,’” MEMRI, December 1, 2024: On December 1, 2024, Islamist militants stormed the presidential palace of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Aleppo. Sawt […]
Syria: Jihadists threaten to behead Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Ephraim of Aleppo
Τζιχαντιστές απειλούν να αποκεφαλίσουν τον Ελληνορθόδοξο Μητροπολίτη Χαλεπίου Εφραίμ που σπούδασε Θεολογία στην Αθήνα. Επιτέλους πείτε έστω μια κουβέντα για τους τύπους! Τα τελευταία ίχνη του Βυζαντίου στην Ανατολή είναι. Μην είστε προσκυνημένοι στους Τούρκους!👇 pic.twitter.com/XGREjOXwlZ — Ιωάννης Βατάτζης (@vatatzis4) December 2, 2024 Translation: “Jihadists threaten to behead the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Ephraim of Aleppo, […]
Erdogan-backed militias target Kurds amid Syrian regime’s collapse, ‘videos look like Hamas videos of October 7’
Last year, as the world focused on Gaza, the opportunist president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed attacks on Syrian Kurds. Now Turkey sees another opportunity. According to the Jerusalem Post article below, the Syrian National Army – SNA is a “former Syrian rebel group that is now backed by Turkey.” It attacked Kurds, committing […]
Syria: Amid jihadi assault on Aleppo, US and UAE discussed lifting Assad sanctions in exchange for break with Iran
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Salafist offshoot of al-Qaeda, is the most powerful rebel group in Syria and has now launched an aggressive assault on Aleppo. The late Islamic State caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi aided the formation of HTS, but its goal differs from that of the Islamic State: it seeks Islamic rule in Syria […]
In Syria, Islamic Jihadis Reemerge
Bashar Assad has been convinced since 2020 that his forces had crushed the insurgency — or insurgencies — that had been plaguing his regime since 2011. Now the Islamic wing of that insurgency has reemerged, much to Assad’s surprise, in the northwest, seizing dozens of villages and, by Saturday, taken control of half of Aleppo, […]