By Christopher Snyder
As the Syrian civil war presses on, the minority Christian community in the country is seeing an increase in attacks targeted specifically at them, according to leading clergy officials in Syria.
Fox News National Security Analyst KT McFarland spoke to Rev. Dr. Riad Jarjour and H.E. Bishop Dionysius Jean Kawak. Jarjour is a Presbyterian clergyman from Homs, Syria, which has beared the brunt of attacks between the Assad regime and opposition forces. Kawak is a metropolitan, or high-ranking bishop, for the Syrian Orthodox Church.
Christians make up roughly 10 percent of Syria’s population, according to the C.I.A. factbook.
Kawak says his religious community has come under increasing attack: “At the beginning of the Syrian crisis we didn’t have a real problem against Christians, but nowadays because of the growing radical groups, Christians are being targeted.”
Jarjour says churches in Homs “have been destroyed or burned.” He said the occupation of the town center by militants has displaced 80,000 Christians who live in that Christian quarter.
“When the militants make it difficult for them, they cannot stay,” said Jarjour. “Some of them were killed, others had to run away.”
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