Since the overthrow of Bashar Assad and the ascension of Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, to become the new president of Syria, there have been a series of attacks on, or between, various ethnic and religious groups. Latakia, on the coast, is the stronghold and heartland of the Alawites who […]
Syria: Trump’s face on al-Sharaa/Trump peace billboard defaced with ‘Allahu akbar’
An American PR firm advised HTS to install a giant billboard of Trump and Sharaa to cater to Trump’s love of grandiose imagery and spectacle. But the very next day, Trump’s picture was defaced with “Allahu Akbar” graffiti in a highly sensitive part of Damascus that is notoriously… pic.twitter.com/S0sNFthKX3 — Greco-Levantines World Wide (@GrecoLevantines) July […]
Who Really Bombed a Damascus Church?
It may be the jihadists we support. After Muslim terrorists attacked the St. Elias church in Damascus, killing 25 Christians and wounding over 60 others, there were more questions than answers about the attack. While the official Syrian government position is that it was a lone ISIS gunman, Christian witnesses report multiple attackers, and in […]
Patriarch John X to Syria’s president: ‘There has not been such an attack on a church in Damascus since 1860’
His Beatitude Patriarch John X Yazigi criticized the Julani regime from Damascus after the terrorist attack against St. Elias Church: ◽ We are here, we are here to stay, and we are an essential part of this community. ◽ There has not been such an attack on a church in… pic.twitter.com/LfgaYmrZUA — Kevork Almassian (@KevorkAlmassian) […]
Syria: Icon of Saint John of Damascus, critic of Islam, remains intact on wall of church that jihadis attacked
The icon of St. John of Damascus, the great defender of icons during the era of iconoclasm, remains intact on the blood-stained wall of a Syrian church attacked by terrorists. He defended the sacred images with words,now his icon testifies in silence, soaked in the blood of… pic.twitter.com/ff4NN0ZjED — Greco-Levantines World Wide (@GrecoLevantines) June 23, […]
Syria: Islamic jihadis murder 15 people in jihad attack at Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus
“Kill them wherever you find them.” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, 4:91; cf. 9:5) Greco-Levantines World Wide reports: “15 people were killed in a brutal terrorist attack on St. Elias Antiochian Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus. This was not just an attack on lives, but on faith, history, and identity. Greece and Cyprus, your people look to […]
Israel and Syria in face-to-face meetings focused on security
After much military maneuvering, Israel has finally reached a point of face-to-face negotiations with Syria. “Exclusive: Syria and Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say,” by Timour Azhari and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters, May 27, 2025: DAMASCUS, May 27 (Reuters) – Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face […]
Syria: Muslims murder six Druze after fake video circulates depicting Druze leader denouncing Muhammad
Shoot first, ask questions later. “At least 12 killed in militant attack on Druze suburb of Damascus,” by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, The National, April 29, 2025: At least 12 people have been killed in a militant attack on a Druze suburb of Damascus, in Syria’s latest outbreak of sectarian violence. Fifteen others were injured in […]
Syria: Muslim mobs screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ destroy two small Christian shrines
Today in Damascus, locals woke up to find two small shrines (Eikonostasia) vandalized by mobs who chanted Allahu Akbar, destroyed them overnight, and then fled. This is a reflection of the emboldened behavior of mobs following HTS’s takeover. pic.twitter.com/E6K2vhxENm — Greco-Levantines World Wide (@GrecoLevantines) February 27, 2025 The destroyed shrines themselves will bear witness to […]
Palestinian refugees in Syria tell Gazans: ‘Don’t leave your land’ even if it means ‘becoming martyrs’
The advice to Gazans from Palestinian refugees in Syria isn’t surprising in the least; rather, it was expected. The Palestinians have been on a jihadist mission to obliterate the Jewish state from to the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea even prior to Israel’s founding, and “martyrdom” is wired into their cultural/religious framework, and supported […]