Students sit in a classroom at a school in the early morning following an announcement of the reopening of schools by the authorities, after the ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 15, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assurances by the new Islamist rulers that the rights of minorities will be protected.
As the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept to power last week, it sought to reassure Syria's minority groups that their way of life would not be at risk.
