Syrian Christians were killed ‘accidentally,’ bishop says
March 11, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: A Syrian bishop told Vatican News that the Christians who were killed in recent attacks on civilians were killed “accidentally.”
Bishop Hanna Jallouf, OFM, the Latin-rite vicar apostolic of Aleppo since 2023, said that “about 20 soldiers of the new government were killed” by supporters of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, “and as many in a second attack on a checkpoint manned by government forces.”
“This then led to a very harsh reaction by government forces that caused hundreds of deaths,” he continued. “Unfortunately, I understand that some Christians were also killed; but accidentally, not because they were Christians.”
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