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“There is no Christian I know in Syria who wouldn’t leave the country if they had the chance.’ My friend in northern Syria, normally so ebullient and full of life, suddenly sounded tired and flat. “Everywhere you go,” he added, “the Islamisation of the country is noticeable.”
More than 18 months on from former Islamist leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s dramatic ousting of the Assad regime, a picture is at last emerging of what the sudden change of regime means in practice for Syria’s ancient, yet increasingly fragile, Christian community.
