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Syria's Christians Back Assad

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Bob Hope, Feb 18, 2016.

  1. Bob Hope

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    This spring, many Syrian Christians rejected protestors' demands for embattled president Bashar al-Assad to resign. But Christians did broadly endorse democratic reforms that would bring an end to dictatorship.

    "We do not support those who are calling for the fall of the regime, simply because we are [for] the process of reform and changes," said Yohanna Ibrahim, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, at a religious summit in France.

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    http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/july/syria-christians-assad.html
     
  2. Bob Hope

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    Assad never used Chemical weapons against his own people. The U.S. Government gave the chemical weapons to ISIS and they were to dumb to use them and accidentally used them on themselves.
     
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    Assad had good relationships with tje EO church in Syria.

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