Rising Threats and Attacks Targeting Syrian Shiites
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Al-Maalomah, Shawq Ibrahim, a Syria affairs analyst, emphasized that Shiites in the Sayyida Zainab region south of Damascus face increasing threats and attacks, including several incidents were their husayniyyas have been set on fire.
He added that local residents are being subjected to direct threats.Iraqi Shiites and the global shiite community must support Syrian Shiites during this critical phase.The Alawites stand alongside Shiites against these crimes committed by the Joulani regime.
Earlier reports noted rising sectarian tensions around Damascus and in Zainabiya following provocative remarks by an imam in hajira town. This incited open hostility toward Shiites there. Demonstrations were held in Damascus demanding the expulsion of Shiites from Zainabiya.
