Update On Syria: Letter from David Eubank

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Posted on 12/18/2024 9:02:08 AM PST by EnderWiggin1970

Dear friends and family,

Thank you for praying for us, and for our friends all over the world who share our mission. This is an update on Syria.

Currently, the forces of the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamic group coming out of Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra, have taken over Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo, totally dominating the west side of the country. They are showing some restraint and have quietly made some international agreements to legitimize themselves. Most people are glad Assad is gone and are very uncertain what this Islamic caliphate will mean. Right now, the HTS have claimed they have no other territorial aspirations beyond a reformation of Syria. That remains to be seen.

However, on the eastern side of the country there is another coalition of radical Islamists under the Syrian National Army (also known as the Free Syrian Army) with multiple factions that include ISIS and are supported by Turkey; their goal is not only getting rid of the Assad regime but getting rid of the Kurds, Christians, and any other minorities. The city of Manbij, which was controlled by the pro-democracy Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) until earlier this week, was just taken by the Syrian National Army (Free Syrian Army), who have slaughtered people in the streets. We have already lost one friend there, a man named Eskandar who was a refugee from Idlib and became one of our coordinators. He was trying to help provide food for 500 people and was shot dead. I just saw his picture. I talked to him about five days ago. He is now dead and we think his family is dead as well. We are praying for them.

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Thank you very much and God bless you.

This provides some good insight on what is going on in Syria. FBR has been doing humanitarian work there for years working with the Kurds and other non-terrorist types.

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