In late June, Syrians experienced the worst attack on a Christian church since 1860 On June 29, 2025, I attended a church service at St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. St. Moses is an Antiochian church, also known as the Church of St. Peter, and harkens back to ancient Antioch, Syria
  • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    But they told me that these CIA/MI6/Mossad-backed Salafi Jihadists were moderate rebels. At least that terrible, horrible no good, very bad Bashar al-Assad is gone, though!

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      Choice between chemical weapons dictator or literally a former Al-Qaeda member.

      Poor Syria

  • commander@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It’s like when the government of South Vietnam led by Catholics setup by the US/French governments started persecuting Buddhist though in that case in Vietnam, a lot more Buddhist than Christians