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Syria’s new government declares Christmas a public holiday (greekcitytimes.com)
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Yesterday Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in protest after a Christmas tree was set alight near the city of Hama.

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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At first I thought thousands of Syrians were protesting Christmas.

It does not surprise me that foreign powers would use the religious diasporas in Syria, to try to destabilise the country.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Diasporas isn't the right word as most if not all of them are native Syrians, but yeah that's exactly what they're doing.

[–] Commiunism@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You've heard of War on Christmas, now get ready for War for Christmas

[–] OmegaLemmy 1 points 1 week ago

Honestly turkey should do this too instead of just making it a time for sales and purchases