By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-24 11:57:35 | Updated at 2024-12-25 01:06:09
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Protests erupt in Syria over Christmas tree burning
BBC ^ | Dec 24, 2024 | Jacqueline Howard and Lina Sinjab
Posted on 12/24/2024 3:57:18 AM PST by McGruff
Protests have broken out in Syria over the burning of a Christmas tree near the city of Hama.
A video posted on social media showed masked gunmen setting fire to the tree on display in the main square of the Suqaylabiyah, a Christian-majority town in central Syria.
The main Islamist faction which led the uprising that toppled President Bashar al-Assad said the men responsible for the arson were foreign fighters and had been detained.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the country - through Damascus, Suqaylabiyah and Hama - demanding the new Islamist rulers protect religious minorities.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Syria; War on Terror
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