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Speaker 1: Protests erupted in Damascos, the capital of Syria, on Tuesday,

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went some armed group. In now viral video, we’re seen

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burning Christmas tree set up by some members of the

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minority Christian group in the Asia country which currently have

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new Islamic leadership after group of opposition fighters olster president

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Basha our Assad earlier this month. Christian Family Worldwide in

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the first book post on Tuesday said burning Christmas tree

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in Hamma, Syria by health heir of Shan terrorist group HTS.

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We ask for security and selty for Christian people during

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Christmas and New Year. It is a violation against the religion,

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freedom and diversity in the country. We asked for international

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peacekeeping forces to provide safety and security in the country.

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While Syrians were seen and enjoying at the Christmas market

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after ousted of Asad, the bonding of the Christmas tree

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was said to have been carried out by foreign body

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of Christians were seen in protest march from strings to streets,

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demanding the new Islamic authority to protect the religious rights

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of the Christians. Despite the tension generated, local media reported

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that Christmas Mass was held at the wealthy Greek Catholic

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church in capital Damascos Observas said that Christians are hopeful

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for future after and of the thirteen years. Several more

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wide church bells are ringing and worship services are being

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held across country. According to AFP International News Agency, hundreds

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of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of

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Damasco’s early Tuesday to protest the mourning of a Christmas

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tree near Hammer in central Syria. We demand the rights

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of Christians, protesters chanted as the march through the Syrian

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capital towards the headquarters of the Orthodox Patriarchate in the

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Bab Sharki neighborhood. The protests come a little more than

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two weeks after an armed coalition led by Islamis toppled

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the government of Basha al Assad, who had cast himself

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as a protector of minorities in the Sunni majority country.

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A demonstrator who gave his name as Georges told AFP

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he was protesting in justice against Christians. If we’re not

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allowed to leave our Christian first in our country as

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we used to, then we don’t belong here anymore, he said.

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The protests erupted after a video spread on social media.

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Showing whoden fighters setting fire to a Christmas tree in

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the Christian majority town of Szuklabia near Hama. According to

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the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the fighters were foreign

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us from the Islamist group Anza al Tawid. In another

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video posted to social media, a religious leader from Syrian’s

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victorious Islamist group, he Tahir al sham Hts, addressed residents,

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clearing those who touched the tree were not Syrian and

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promise they would be punished. The trail will be restored

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and linked off by tomorrow morning, he said. The islaest

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Hts movement, rotten in al Keada and supported by Turki,

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has promised to protect minorities since its lightning offensive topold

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Assad this month, following years of stallmut AFP reported a

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local resident in Sukelabia’s city on morning posted on fascetbook

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and said that a foreign armed terrorist group consisted of

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eight members bond a Christmas tree in the city, threatening

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with weapons anyone who tried to put out the fire.

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Please deliver the video to all parties responsible for protecting

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Christians in Syria. It was gathered that while the current

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held of Syrian New government. Ahmad al Sharhai aka of

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Mumuhammad Julani, was meeting with delegations from Kata and Jordan.

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Suspected eighth husbands bond the Christmas tree in the Orthodox

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Sukelabia’s city Yarhama. The pannel of the Christmas has since

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money caused a harsh reaction from the minority Syrian Christians

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who did not flee after the militants captured the country.

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Residents and protests continued all night in crystal areas and towns.

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People took to the streets both on foot and in cars.

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In Baptum, one of the historical areas of Damascos, where

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there is a high density of churches, Crystian militious with

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weapons were even seen, according to some residents who shared

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their observations on social media. Lady Green Day, you Renee

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in a more digital