{"id":122977,"date":"2025-03-09T14:52:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122977"},"modified":"2025-03-09T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:52:33","slug":"u-s-says-it-stands-with-syrias-religious-ethnic-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122977\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. says it stands with Syria\u2019s religious, ethnic minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Sunday that the U.S. stands with Syria\u2019s religious and ethnic minorities and condemned murdering people in Syria\u2019s coastal region at the hands of \u201cforeign jihadists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States stands with Syria\u2019s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish communities,\u201d Rubio said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He condemned the what he called \u201cthe radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis,\u201d that murdered people in Syria\u2019s coastal cities in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio offered the U.S. condolences to the victims and their families, and said, \u201cSyria\u2019s interim authorities must hold the perpetrators of these massacres against Syria\u2019s minority communities accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 6, intense clashes erupted in Syria\u2019s Latakia Governorate between the General Security forces of the caretaker government and pro-Assad insurgents, particularly in areas like Jableh. The violence, marked by coordinated attacks and retaliatory airstrikes, resulted in over 1,000 deaths, including approximately 745 civilians, many from the Alawite community. The conflict has fueled mass displacement and deepened sectarian tensions, posing a major challenge to the new government\u2019s stabilization efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Sunday that the U.S. stands with Syria\u2019s religious and ethnic minorities and condemned murdering people in Syria\u2019s coastal region at the hands of \u201cforeign jihadists.\u201d \u201cThe United States stands with Syria\u2019s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and 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