The fall of Bashar Assad saw a ‘former’ Al-Qaida group of militants come to power in Syria with a discourse of moderation and – oh, boy – ‘diversity.’
As Christmas Eve is upon us, that whole discourse will be put to the test, and so, far, the verdict is mixed.
While in Damascus the Christmas market looks peaceful and certainly beautiful, elsewhere in the country Islamist militants set fire to a Christmas tree, unleashing protests by the Christian minority.
Hundreds of people have come out in protest in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus, after video emerged showing hooded fighters setting the Christmas tree near Hama.
Sky News reported:
“’We demand the rights of Christians’, demonstrators chanted as they marched through the city on Christmas Eve.
The overthrow of Bashar al Assad by rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – a group once…
