Terrified minorities under attack for weeks in Syria by the country’s new Islamist regime are wary of a fragile ceasefire — despite President Trump’s pronouncement this week calling for the groups to be protected, their relatives told The Post.
More than 1,000 Druze, the country’s third largest religious minority which makes up just about three percent of the population, and 25 Syrian Christians have been killed so far in the southern district of Sweida.
Safi, a Druze lawyer in Syria, described heinous violence, including the indiscriminate murders of children and elderly, while a Christian Syrian named Lama told The Post her father was shot to death while scavenging for food.
“We believe they will continue to attack us – and the fear is growing,”
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