Posted on 11/19/2015 10:10:09 AM PST by B4Ranch
Hundreds of Christians have teamed up with many Muslims in the ranks of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad s army to prevent the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) from conquering the biblical town of Sadad, according to the leader of the Syriac Orthodox church.
The Bible books of Numbers and Ezekiel refer to the mostly Christian town of Sadad in Syria as 'Zedad.' The town is considered to be strategically important because it lies on a highway that connects the Syrian capital of Damascus to the town of Homs.
ISIS launched an offensive in Syria s ancient Assyrian Christian heartlands on Oct. 31 as it continues its push west towards Damascus, Syrian dictator Assad s seat of power.
The jihadist group has already seized the town Maheen in central Homs province, less than five miles from Sadad, prompting hundreds of Christians from across Syria to travel and come together to defend the biblical town.
Homs province s town of Sadad has been under siege by ISIS for over a week, Mor Ignatius Aphrem Karim II, head of the Syriac Orthodox church, told Newsweek, noting over 500 Christian fighters have been fighting to defend the town.
He added that over 200 Christian fighters, joined by Muslims, have traveled quite some distance to prevent the strategic town from falling into the hands of Islamic State, also known by the acronym IS.
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Backed by Russian airstrikes, Iran troops, Hezbollah jihadists, and the Syrian army have joined forces to launch a ground offensive to retake key areas from rebels in Syria.
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I find this as strange.
There are plenty of Muslims against ISIS. ISIS want to throw most of the Muslim rulers out of power.
The problem is far too many Muslims support ISIS.
The difference is...if I leave the church, they don't chop off my head.
ISIS is killing muslims too. You have to be the “right” kind of muslim to satisfy ISIS. These muslims know the Christians aren’t out to slaughter them.
Shiite and Sunni have been after each forever. Both muslim.
I don’t find this to be unusual at all. The Alawites for instance are under attack from ISIS as well.
Before Obama and our CIA incited the civil war into one of violent sunni radicalism seeking sharia, many “secular” muslims and Christians were neighbors
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