Fearing Change, Syria’s Christians Back Assad - NYTimes.com

Fearing Change, Syria’s Christians Back Assad - NYTimes.com:

"SAYDNAYA, Syria — Abu Elias sat beneath the towering stairs leading from the Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya, a church high up in the mountains outside Damascus, where Christians have worshiped for 1,400 years. “We are all scared of what will come next,” he said, turning to a man seated beside him, Robert, an Iraqi refugee who escaped the sectarian strife in his homeland."

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