DWEIL’A, Syria — A HARROWING scene of “faith” and “peace” in a Syrian church is actually a DAMNING INDICTMENT of a world that has ABANDONED its most vulnerable. Hundreds gathered at Mar Elias Church, not for joyous celebration, but to light a mournful “Christmas tree” hung with the photos of 25 parishioners SLAUGHTERED in a June suicide bombing. This is not resilience; it is a desperate vigil on the FRONT LINES of a global religious cleansing the West CHOOSES to ignore.
The so-called “heroes” who tackled the ISIS-aligned bomber—Boutros and Gergis Bechara and Milad Haddad—are now dead, their bodies VAPORIZED by an explosive vest. Their widows are left with hollow platitudes and the UNBEARABLE truth: “There’s no holiday, neither this year nor next year nor the one after it.” While politicians issue empty condemnations, the new Damascus government, struggling to control the very extremist factions it legitimized, offers ZERO real protection.
This attack was a CALCULATED signal: Christians in the Middle East are LIVING TARGETS. Once 10% of Syria’s population, they have been systematically butchered and displaced for over a decade, their churches destroyed, their futures erased. Now, the survivors whisper of a final, mass exodus. The priest speaks of fear as the “natural state” for ALL Syrians—a chilling admission that this war-torn nation has descended into PERMANENT sectarian terror.
The congregation’s prayers for peace are drowned out by the ECHOES of the blast and the SILENCE of the international community. This glowing memorial tree isn’t a symbol of hope; it’s a GRIM TOMBSTONE for a civilization being erased while the world scrolls by.
Author: Kayitsi.com
