AKEL condemns the barbaric attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Syria

 

 

AKEL condemns the barbaric and abhorrent attack on the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Elias in Damascus, Syria, which left at least 20 people dead and dozens injured. We support the demand for an immediate investigation and the identification of the perpetrators.

This attack confirms the serious danger faced by the country’s ethnic and religious minorities – mainly Christians and Alawites – as well as forces defending the need for a secular democratic state.

It should be recalled that, following the interventions of Turkey and Israel, the country is now under a regime that emerged from an offshoot of Al Qaeda, which has been listed by the United Nations Security Council as involved in terrorist activities. However, the West, including the EU, is rapidly strengthening relations with the new regime in Syria, without ensuring the protection of the security and rights of the country’s minorities.

23.06.2025