Syrian Christians attend 1st Sunday mass after Assad's ouster, schools reopen
India TodaySyrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assurances by the new Islamist rulers that the rights of minorities will be protected. As the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept to power last week, it sought to reassure Syria's minority groups that their way of life would not be at risk. Tens of thousands of mostly Shi'ite Muslims have fled Syria for Lebanon in the last week out of fear of persecution by the country's new rulers, a senior Lebanese security official told Reuters last week. "We will hopefully see a quick end to sanctions so that we can see really rallying around building up Syria," Pedersen said as he arrived in Damascus to meet Syria's caretaker government and other officials. Blinken has said the transition in Syria should lead to "credible, inclusive, and non-sectarian governance" consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2254.
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