During a brutal sectarian attack on Alawite and Christian neighborhoods in Homs governorate, Emmanuel Baptist Church in the Armenian district was violently assaulted by a group of takfiri extremists, accompanied by their female associates, in full view of the terrorist de facto authorities.

According to field reports:
• On Monday morning, the assailants, along with their female accomplices, stormed the church building in a brutal and sectarian manner.
• They broke the church center’s main door and ascended to the first floor, where they forcibly removed external doors and interior room doors.
• The Holy Bible was torn apart, and the attackers seized and occupied the building by force, claiming it as their property.

These assaults are part of a systematic sectarian escalation targeting the Christian community in Syria and constitute a serious violation of principles protecting religious sites and civilian rights.

📍 Location: Al-Sayyada Village – Salamiyah Countryside, Hama Governorate
📅 Date: Monday, 1 December 2025

Members of the de facto authorities carried out a bombing targeting the shrine of Sheikh Faraj Abu Hiyya in the village of Al-Sayyada, in an attack with a clear sectarian character aimed at erasing the religious and symbolic heritage of the local community.

This bombing constitutes a serious violation of the protection of spiritual sites and places of worship, and comes within an escalating pattern of systematic assaults on the religious symbols of Syria’s diverse social components.

🔻 Chronological Narrative

Monday Night – 1 December 2025
The Jableh countryside witnessed the movement of a security convoy belonging to the de facto authorities in the areas of Ain al-Sharqiyya and Beit Yashout. The activity was unusual and accompanied by heightened tension and fears of sectarian targeting—especially following previous incidents attributed to the same forces in recent months.

Tuesday Morning – 2 December 2025
Contact with Hassan Wehib Salloum was lost while he was traveling on his motorcycle.

Shortly afterward, residents reported finding his body dumped near the Shrine of Sheikh Mousa in the village of Al-Qalaia, lying beside his motorcycle.
The circumstances of the scene strongly indicate a deliberate sectarian killing, with no signs of theft or struggle.

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🔻 Preliminary Assessment

Available evidence points to the killing being carried out by elements of the de facto authorities, who had been moving through the area only hours before the body was discovered. The attack appears to be a direct sectarian targeting of the victim due to his Alawite identity.

This killing represents yet another episode in a systematic pattern of identity-based violence against civilians, reflecting the ongoing state of impunity within areas controlled by the de facto authorities.

• تلقى الأهالي تبليغات بأن الغياب عن فعاليات يوم 8/12 سيُعرّض الطلاب لمسؤولية “قانونية”.
• في حال غياب طفل، يُحاسَب الأب مباشرة، مع التهديد بـالسجن في بعض الحالات.
• يتم تهديد الطلاب بالفصل وتحويل ملفاتهم إلى “الوزارة”، دون وجود قرار مكتوب—بل أوامر “شفهية” صادرة من عناصر أمنية.

• المدرسة أجبرت جميع الطلاب على إحضار مبالغ مالية أو إعداد لوحات وشعارات للمشاركة بالاحتفال.
• لا يُقبل أي عذر، حتى من الأسر غير القادرة ماديًا:

“معك حق خبز ما معك، دبّر حالك”

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• الأهالي تلقوا تعليمات بإخراج الأطفال في مسيرات إلزامية.
• أي غياب يُدوّن ويُرفع إلى الجهات الأمنية، ويتعرّض صاحبه للمساءلة.
• تم التهديد بـالفصل الوظيفي لبعض الموظفين في حال عدم مشاركتهم أو مشاركة أطفالهم.

• إجبار الأهالي على شراء أعلام وإحضار لوحات تحمل شعارات مثل:

“لا للتقسيم”

وشعارات أخرى تحددها سلطة الأمر الواقع.
• تهديد الموظفين حكومياً بالفصل في حال عدم الالتزام بالمشاركة