robotech@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@quokk.au · 12 days agoSyria’s new government declares Christmas a public holidaygreekcitytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkSyria’s new government declares Christmas a public holidaygreekcitytimes.comrobotech@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@quokk.au · 12 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.online
Yesterday Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in protest after a Christmas tree was set alight near the city of Hama.
minus-squareMeldrikAlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·12 days agoAt first I thought thousands of Syrians were protesting Christmas. It does not surprise me that foreign powers would use the religious diasporas in Syria, to try to destabilise the country.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoDiasporas isn’t the right word as most if not all of them are native Syrians, but yeah that’s exactly what they’re doing.
At first I thought thousands of Syrians were protesting Christmas.
It does not surprise me that foreign powers would use the religious diasporas in Syria, to try to destabilise the country.
Diasporas isn’t the right word as most if not all of them are native Syrians, but yeah that’s exactly what they’re doing.