The
following excerpts are from AINA.org:
The
head of the Syrian Catholic Church, Mar Ignace Youssif III Youan, has
said the West has betrayed Syrians and caused an endless conflict in
the country.
Speaking
to Le Messenger, an Egpytian Catholic magazine, Youan spoke
passionately about the "chaos" that Western governments
have caused by ignoring the advice of Syrians, assuming that Assad's
regime could be destroyed in a few months, and now having faith in
airstrikes as the answer when ISIS has thoroughly infiltrated Iraq,
Syria and beyond.
"We
Christians are not able to live in this chaos," the Syrian
Patriarch said. "The West has betrayed us."
The
patriarch accused Western governments of wanting to "perpetuate
the endless conflict in Syria" and of having "betrayed the
Christians of the East. We explained from the beginning that our
situation was different from that of other nations in the region,
they were not listened to. And now we mourn deaths over the past five
years. "
He
described the current situation in Syria as "dramatic, and all
the Syrian people are living in pain" as they are trapped under
the regime of ISIS and other terrorist groups "who use Islam as
an excuse to 'purify' areas under their control in the name of
religion, and Muslim scholars who tell us that Islam is alien to
these facts.
"It's
a shame that the West has abandoned Christians to this situation,"
he said.
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West Has 'Betrayed the Christians of the East,' Says Syrian Patriarch
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