For those duped by the links in the following quotes:
Oh Agnes, the lying mouthpiece for the Assad regime. Some Christians not allied with the regime don't like her either because of her lies:
Archived: Syrian Christians for Peace: ‘Mother’ Agnus is an Assad agent in the clothes of a nun
Critics question Catholic nun's 'alternative story' on Syria civil war
She has lied repeatedly before so why would anyone ever believe her?
Okay? And? McCain decries US lack of action in Syria and he's a Christian. One who has my respect.
And most of the things said are claims without evidence which I have seen done time and again in order to make it seem like the Christians are the ones suffering the most, not the Sunni Muslims who are the ones actually being targeted in a genocide and ethnic cleansing in Syria.
He was shot by some rebels according to most sources I read, but not much more detail is given by anyone. Disgusting act and if it was the rebels and it is known who did it, they should be punished.
1.) There is no information on al-Duwayr/Douar apart from pro-regime sources (including one that said that the entire population was killed, which is obviously false). And even in these pro-regime sources, no evidence is provided to show that it was any rebel, let alone "Islamic".
2.) There is no information on Oum Sharshouh. The earliest report that shows up is linked to in your link in which no proof is provided. Every other reference seems to be using that as evidence.
3.) Regarding the killings in Hatla, the majority of the dead were pro-regime combatants, not civilians. The group that said it was a sectarian killing and that it was mainly civilians gave another story in Arabic (that the majority of the dead were fighters). Unfortunately, many use this group as a unbiased source (I have also used it on occasion) but there are many who suspect that it is allied with the regime because of many of its press releases containing lies that are favorable to the regime. This group is called the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which is not to be confused with Syrian Network for Human Rights (the former is bad, the latter is good). Here: Hatla: fabrication of a massacre
4.) Your own link says, "However aid groups say minority Christians have often been singled out for attacks by opposition linked groups as well as government forces in the heavily Islamic nation"
5.) Catholic priest NOT among three beheaded on video by Syrian rebels, says head friar
"Residents of Sadad said that over the week that opposition fighters were in the village, fighters mostly did not target or abuse residents, but that in some instances, they endangered and killed civilians and people in their custody and intentionally damaged and looted civilian sites, including churches. Rebel fighters forced residents to stay in areas with active fighting, allegedly used at least one resident as a human shield, and apparently executed residents and killed others with sniper fire. As opposition forces battled government forces in the village some residents were also killed by opposition shelling which may have been indiscriminate." Syria: Opposition Abuses During Ground Offensive
So it sounds like different people said different things. But given all of the evidence, it was not an intentional massacre of Christians.
Look at what nuns in Maloula said: "There were around 20 of them. They looked like Islamists, but they did us no harm," one of the nuns told the BBC a few days after the incident.
Christian villagers cast doubt on Syria jihadist ‘threat’
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I can mention a 100 incidents to you where Assad betrayed Christians.sadad was left alone to ISIS by Assad army" - Hadeel Kouki (the Christian woman who gave testimony in front of the UN against Assad)
And? A ceasefire so that they avoid attacking each other so they can focus on attacking others attacking them. Of course, ISIS breaks its trusts all the time and the rebels continue to fight against ISIS.
Furthermore, Assad and Russia also have deals with ISIS.
With the clause that they could only fight against ISIS and not Assad? How nice of him. That's mainly why the train-and-equip program fizzled out; the biggest problem is Assad since his regime and its allies have killed 200k of the documented civilian casualties (95% of the total). Few rebels are going to be okay with the condition that they can only attack the symptom and not the root.
The US is obviously not supporting ISIS and trying to paint the picture as such is ridiculous. It's not even supporting the rebels in any meaningful way and is, instead, targeting them.
The UN deliberately aided Assad's regime and gave it most of the supplies and billions of dollars instead of those being starved to death by being besieged by Assad and allies.
All that shows is the loss of the archbishop's moral compass. To call Assad a good man despite him being the cause of hundreds of thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions (more than half the country) reaches a level of depravity that I am at a loss of words over. Seriously, call ISIS good guys while you're at it.
See above.
Anyway, let's assume all you linked to was true. That doesn't make Assad the better choice. He is, in fact, even worse than ISIS (who he actually supports in many ways, including by partnering up with it for oil):
Of the (at least) "56 major massacres displaying obvious sectarian or ethnic cleansing traits......49 were carried out by Syrian government forces or local and foreign militia allies of President Bashar al-Assad."
A Damning Indictment of Syrian President Assad’s Systematic Massacres
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"Where I think we do have an honest disagreement [with Hillary Clinton], is that in the incredible quagmire of Syria, where it's hard to know who's fighting who
and if you give arms to this guy, it may end up in ISIS' hand the next day. We all know that." -
Bernie Sanders
I've been quite disappointed with Sanders, but he recently said that Assad is one of the worst dictators and should be removed, or something around those lines.
