Christian leaders in Syria are concerned over the advances of jihadist rebels in the country which include the takeover of the country’s second city, Aleppo.
Rebels have imposed a curfew on churches, and bishops of all denominations are calling for unity.
The United Nations says the fighting led by the terrorist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other armed factions, has engulfed parts of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama, destabilising frontlines that had been in stalemate since 2020.
HTS is backed by Turkey and has operated under several names during the Syrian conflict, including “Jabhat al-Nusra”, and is an ideological offshoot of al-Qaeda.
