{"id":75223,"date":"2026-03-03T15:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=75223"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:25:47","slug":"syria-2025-in-review-a-year-of-violence-and-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/syria-2025-in-review-a-year-of-violence-and-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Syri\u00eb 2025 in vogelvlucht: een jaar van geweld en onzekerheid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>By Linda Burkle, PhD,\u00a0ICC Fellow\u00a0 It has been a little\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0a year since the collapse in December 2024 of\u00a050\u00a0years of the totalitarian dictatorship under Syrian President Assad.\u00a0This article provides an update on the status of Christians and other minorities in 2025, amid instability and transition.\u00a0 Following a protracted civil war, in December 2024,\u00a0a coup was carried out by various Islamist factions forming a rebel coalition called the Military Operations\u00a0Command\u00a0(MOC). MOC\u00a0included\u00a0the\u00a0Turkish-backed Syrian National Army and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Army. It was led\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Linda Burkle, PhD,\u00a0ICC Fellow\u00a0 It has been a little\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0a year since the collapse in December 2024 of\u00a050\u00a0years of the totalitarian dictatorship under Syrian President Assad.\u00a0This article provides an update on the status of Christians and other minorities in 2025, amid instability and transition.\u00a0 Following a protracted civil war, in December 2024,\u00a0a coup was carried out by various Islamist factions forming a rebel coalition called the Military Operations\u00a0Command\u00a0(MOC). MOC\u00a0included\u00a0the\u00a0Turkish-backed Syrian National Army and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Army. It was led\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":67980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-75223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78998,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/families-of-isis-fighters-escape-refugee-camp\/","url_meta":{"origin":75223,"position":0},"title":"Families of ISIS Fighters Escape Refugee Camp","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"februari 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"According to U.S. intelligence sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, about 15,000 to 20,000 family members of Islamic State fighters have escaped Syria\u2019s Al-Hol refugee camp, where many have been held captive for years following the territorial fall of the Islamic State group in 2019. 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