Blood pool in Syria – Unknown Group is committed to church attack

The Saraja Ansar al-Sunna group said that the attack was a reaction to a “provocation by Christians in Damascus”. The group threatened with further attacks on religious minorities such as Christians, AlaWites, Drus and Shiites. The Syrian Ministry of the Interior had previously associated the terrorist militia ‘Islamic State’ with the attack.

The share of Christians is shrinking in the population
Before the civil war, Christians made up about ten percent of the Syrian population. Many of them still live in large cities such as Damascus and Aleppo today, often in mixed quarters. However, the number has fallen sharply due to war and relocation.

Since the revolution in Syria at the beginning of December, the international community is mainly concerned about the safety of minorities in the country. The current transitional government has largely emerged from the Islamic group Haiat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). HTS had led the alliance, the long-term power holder Bashar al-Assad fell. A large part of the Syrians are Sunni Muslims.

Denominational violence and “massacre” from Assad supporters
Recurring outbursts, sometimes denominational violence, have fed fears in Drus, Alawwites or Christians in recent months. It was not until the beginning of May that the transitional government brought the members of the Sunni hunters of the Drusian community up close. Dozens of people were killed in the disputes. According to observers, “slaughter” had already taken place in the coastal area in March: the transitional government responded to attacks by Assad supporters with a military operation. Hundreds of members of the AlaWites, who also belong to Assad, were killed in the fighting.