Πριν από την έναρξη του Συριακού πολέμου, ο οποίος σκόπιμα υποκινήθηκε από τις μεγάλες δυτικές δυνάμεις του Αγγλο-αμερικανικού Άξονας, η Συρία διέθετε έναν από τους μεγαλύτερους χριστιανικούς πληθυσμούς στη Μέση Ανατολή. Στην πραγματικότητα, οι χριστιανικές κοινότητες ζούσαν ειρηνικά πλάι-πλάι κατά τη διάρκεια αρκετών δεκαετιών επί θητείας των κυβερνήσεων της οικογένειας Άσαντ. Ο Μπασάρ αλ Άσαντ και ο πατέρας του, Χαφέζ αλ-Άσαντ, Αλεβίτες πιστοί στην παράδοση της κάθε θρησκευτικής ομάδας.
Οι φωτογραφίες παρακάτω καταγράφουν τις μάζες των προσφύγων από τη Συρία, τόσο χριστιανούς και μουσουλμάνους, σε διαφορετικά σημεία στα δύσκολα ταξίδια τους. Ο συνεχιζόμενος πόλεμος εξακολουθεί να εκτοπίζει χιλιάδες Σύριους, υποστηρικτές του Ισλάμ και πιστούς Χριστιανούς. Ως εκ τούτου, θα πρέπει να γίνει κατανοητό ότι ο πόνος και η ταλαιπωρία λόγω αυτής της μηχανικής του πολέμου, βιώνεται βαθιά από όλους τους ανθρώπους σε ολόκληρη τη Συρία, ανεξάρτητα από τη θρησκεία τους.
Syrian children march in the refugee camp in Jordan. The number of Children in this camp exceeds 60% of the total number of refugees hence the name «Children’s camp». Some of them lost their relatives, but others lost their parents.
ROSZKE, HUNGARY- SEPTEMBER 9: Hungarian police officers stop a group of refugees near a makeshift camp for asylum seekers in Roszke, southern Hungary, Wednesday, September 9, 2015. (Photo by Thomas Campean /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Syrian refugees from Tel Abyad (foreground) line up at the border crossing as the others wait behind the fences to cross into Turkey at the Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 14, 2015. Kurdish-led militia backed by U.S.-led air strikes fought Islamic State near a Syrian town at the Turkish border on Sunday, a monitoring group and a Kurdish official said, in an advance that has worried Turkey. Concerned about an expansion of Kurdish sway in Syria, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Kurdish groups were taking over areas evacuated by Arabs and Turkmen, saying that might eventually threaten Turkey’s borders. At least 13,000 people have fled into Turkey over the past week to escape the fighting near Tel Abyad. On Sunday, Turkish authorities reopened the border after a few days of closure, a security source said, adding that they expected as many as 10,000 people to come across. REUTERS/Kadir Celikcan TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Syrian and Afghan refugees fall into the sea after their dinghy deflated some 100m away before reaching the Greek island of Lesbos, September 13, 2015. Of the record total of 432,761 refugees and migrants making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, an estimated 309,000 people had arrived by sea in Greece, the International Organization for Migration (IMO) said on Friday. About half of those crossing the Mediterranean are Syrians fleeing civil war, according to the United Nations refugee agency. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A migrant dives into the water from an overloaded wooden boat during a rescue operation 10.5 miles (16 km) off the coast of Libya, August 6, 2015. An estimated 600 migrants on the boat were rescued by the international non-governmental organisations Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) without loss of life on Thursday afternoon, according to MSF and MOAS, a day after more than 200 migrants are feared to have drowned in the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy after rescuers saved over 370 people from a capsized boat thought to be carrying 600. Picture taken August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – RTX1NL6L
