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Syria. 27 months of internal struggle has only led to death & displacement of Syrians, deterioration & destruction of Syria. It started with demonstrations but quickly turned to a violent struggle. Formal Syrian Army. Explosion in Damascus. Homes destroyed. Many ended up in refugee camps. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Syria
27 months of internal struggle has only led to death & displacement of Syrians, deterioration & destruction of Syria
It started with demonstrations but quickly turned to a violent struggle
Formal Syrian Army
Explosion in Damascus
Homes destroyed
Many ended up in refugee camps
Fleeing fighting on both sides
Waiting to be fed
Presbyterian Church of Homs “Before”
After
Syrian Orthodox Church - Homs
Christians’ destiny
• Thousands of Syrian Christians fled from the struggle : more than 70 thousands fled from Homs old city to be displaced in safe areas.
• Some Christian villages were evacuated after being attacked by the Islamic opposition groups: Ghassanieh in Edleb, & Dwair in Homs.
• Thousands of Christians immigrated from Syria: Aleppo, Hasakeh & Kamishili cities.
Out of 70,000, now only 80 Christians left in Homs old city
Father Fadi Haddad, Priest of Qatna Orthodox Church, who has been killed by Islamic Terrorists upon his attempt to rescue
kidnapped Christians through ransom
Bishops were kidnapped in Aleppo and their destiny is still unknown
Christians continue to worship in Syria
The church is distributing Aid
Aid is distributed to all
UN Statistics, July 2013
• 6.8 million Syrian in need inside Syria.• 4.25 million internally displaced of whom 46%
are children.• 1.5 million displaced in neighboring countries.• 93.000 were killed between March 2011 – April
2013. • 4 million in need for food. • 1.4 billion $ needed, only 505 million $ received.
Lord Jesus said:
“Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God”
Mathew 5:9