AMID THE DEVASTATION OF WAR, SYRIAN BELIEVERS TESTIFY OF GOD’S GOODNESS

On Friday, 15 March, the world observed the 13th anniversary of the uprising that led to the start of the Syrian war. Demonstrations took place in parts of the country, such as the rebel-held northwest. Popular protests in 2011 during the Arab Spring movement that spread across many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were violently suppressed by the Syrian government, triggering the outbreak of a civil conflict. After drawing in different actors (including other countries) into multiple conflicts within Syria, the country remains fragmented, with some areas controlled by President Bashar Al Assad’s Damascus government, and others controlled by Kurdish forces and various opposition groups. Unfortunately, despite the war being largely ‘frozen’ since 2020, there have been reports of rising violence. The overall death toll to date is impossible to know, but it is estimated that more than 350,000 people have been killed since 2011, and thousands more injured. Over half the population has been displaced, either inside the country or beyond its borders.

INcontext contacted some Syrian friends for feedback on how the Syrian Church is doing and what the Lord has done during this time of war.

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