According to a report by Christian Solidarity International, Christians and other minorities are at greater risk of being killed or abducted under the Syrian Transitional Government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The transitional government replaced the 54-year-old-dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad when it collapsed in December 2024. The collapse ended an era of widespread state terror and mass violence, but al-Sharaa — a former member of al-Qaida — committed numerous horrors against religious minorities in Syria during the uprising against the prior regime, CSI reported. The al-Sharaa regime has continued to threaten and kill Christians.
Abducted, arrested and detained
In fact, four Christians were killed from July through September, and six were abducted, arbitrarily arrested or remained detained from previous arrests.
Most of the victims have been Alawites, which is an Arab ethnoreligious group living primarily in Syria, and Druze Shiites, the report stated.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Jerri Menges and originally published by Decision Magazine.
