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ROME — Syrian Christians are living in “trauma” following the recent jihadist takeover of Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, reports a major Christian persecution watchdog group.this week that the jihadist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham had seized full control of Aleppo, forcing a total withdrawal of Syrian government forces from the city and its environs.
This fall of Aleppo into jihadist control on November 29 “is the most significant threat to stability in Syria” since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, IDC warned, and HTS fighters are now battling for control of Hama in their southward advance. The HTS rebels have imposed a curfew on churches, and last Sunday, during a missile strike on Aleppo, a bomb fell on the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa CollegeFranciscan Father Francesco Patton, the Custos of the Holy Land, reported “growing tension and fear of the civil population of Aleppo for the unforeseeable developments of the confrontation underway.”
“Syria is home to the world’s most ancient Christian communities, who still live in trauma after over a decade of frequent occupations, and persistent persecution by Islamist terror groups,” said IDC executive director Richard Ghazal.
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