Category: Syria


Statement on the end of US sanctions on Syria

Syrians celebrate end of sanctions

In Homs, Syrians celebrated in the streets with flags and fireworks when President Trump announced an end to U.S. sanctions on Syria on May 13, 2025. X post Statement on the end of U.S. sanctions on Syriaby Dr. John Eibner, CSI’s International President Christian Solidarity International (CSI) welcomes President Trump’s long-overdue decision to lift the… Read more »

SYRIA: “Everything depends on the application of the law”

In Damascus, Syrian Christians walk the same roads where they spent years longing to be free of Assad’s dictatorship, yet they watch violence against minorities under the new government and wonder if they will be attacked next. csi Christians in Syria are afraid, a Syrian church leader told CSI in an interview. Though they celebrated… Read more »

Syria: Can the “New al-Qaedaism” Protect Minorities?

ENGLISH – scroll down for Arabic   Sami Alkayial Since December 8, 2024, the day that Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took control of the Syrian capital Damascus, Western officials have been repeating the same line: “The new Syrian administration must protect Syrians of all religious and ethnic backgrounds, and establish… Read more »

Syria’s Druze minority under threat

Syrian government security forces heading to fight in Sahnaya on April 30, 2025. @sayed_ridha on X   After a spurious audio clip purporting to show a Druze shaykh insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad went viral on social media, government-backed forces, including jihadist groups, attacked the Druze-majority towns of Jaramana and Sahnaya, on the outskirts of… Read more »

CSI calls on Trump, Starmer, to prevent genocide in Syria

In the wake of the massacre of over 1,000 Alawite civilians by pro-government forces in Syria, Christian Solidarity International’s president, Dr. John Eibner, has sent letters to U.S. President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling on them to act to prevent genocide. The appeal follows a Genocide Warning for Syria which CSI issued on… Read more »

CSI Statement on the Fall of Damascus

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The Assad dynasty is gone. The brutal struggle for mastery in Syria and the broader Middle East goes on. Last night, President Biden took credit for Assad’s fall in a White House statement that recalled President Bush’s ill-fated “mission accomplished” speech about Iraq. Biden was serving as vice president when President Obama first announced regime… Read more »