Posted on 07/09/2014 7:13:12 PM PDT by markomalley
200 Muslims attacked the Cherebeen convent in Syria, but Christian militants protecting the premises fought back, slaughtered the Muslims and took the victory for Christ.
One of the head Christian militants, named Sari, said:
We stopped them and we killed them but Christian guys from Saidnaya also died in the battle… The Syrian government protects and provides Christian people with weapons and ammunition because they are loyal to Syria
Shoebat.com wrote an exclusive and detailed report on the Christian militia, called The Lions of the Cherubim, who are are protecting the beautiful and ancient church at Saidnaya, which can be read by clicking here.
Sari was driving through the Ghouta region east of Damascus last year delivering car parts to a customer when his car was stopped by several armed men. He was forced out of the vehicle, which was driven away along with his wares.
That was the moment the 25-year-old Christian from Saidnaya, 30km north of Syria’s capital, Damascus, decided to join the National Defence Forces – locally based pro-government militia groups armed by the Syrian regime.
Today, he’s a paid militia member operating as a frontline responder to rebel attacks on his mostly Christian-populated town – cannon fodder in a war that has drawn in international powers across the region.
“I wanted to fight because I love my country and I want to defend my town, where they [opposition fighters] used to kidnap people and ask for ransom,” he told The Irish Times.
“In the past, the armed people used to fire mortars into Saidnaya but we attacked their areas and killed a lot of their men and took their weapons. We succeeded in making Saidnaya safe from the mortars.”
With all but two national army divisions (the Alawite-dominated fourth division and the Republican Guard) long since diverted from the front lines to prevent defections, the Syrian regime has become increasingly reliant on civilians from minority religious groups to fight rebels.Christian militias have been fighting on the side of the Syrian government since 2012, fearing an onslaught from the jihadi groups that emerged from the instability that accompanied the 2011 revolution.
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The recapturing of Maaloula and Yabroud – both areas with large Christian populations close to the Lebanese border – was crucial in preventing opposition forces from moving weapons and supplies between Syria and Lebanon. It also means Hizbullah, the Lebanese Shia militia fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad, has control of important border regions in both countries.
As more Christians die fighting for the regime, the community is set to become further involved in the conflict. Pictures of Sari and his friends on Facebook show them holding guns and dressed in fatigues, while notes mourning friends killed in fighting are also commonplace on social media websites.
Still, he says, there are opportunities for compromise.“If the armed people want to face us with killing or with negotiations we are ready . . . But we in Saidnaya all have weapons and we fight with the government,” he said.
Using a local expression, he said: “We’re going to protect Saidnaya for as long as women give birth.”
Way to go, Christians. To battle!
Assad gets more attractive every day....
Victory over Muzscum! God bless the brave Syrian Christians and their victory this day!
Yep we don’t have to love him to recognize that he’s better than the alternative. Kinda like Kadaffi.
You know the world has become a very confused place when Bashir Assad is considered a friend of Christianity.
expect the Obama regime to condemn this victory.
So in other words they defeated the animals Obama wanted to arm.
Onward Christian Soldiers! Someone understands that the Bible isn’t a suicide pact.
Brutal video. Faith means something very different to these folks.
Asaad is still a dirtbag.
The Christians are fighting for their lives.
Onward, Christian soldiers!
Good news
All I needed to know about Islam I learned on 9/11.
And your alternative?
Onward, Christian Soldiers!
How many Christians in Syria? Half a million? So then Assad would have lost the death count contest.
Assad = Killed 150,000
ISIS = Killed 500,000
Christians now, then all non Sunni fundamentalist Muslims later. So ISIS’s count shoots up even more.
So Assad is clearly the better choice.
Good for them....and just another reason that the Traitor in Chief doesn’t want the Assad regime to continue. He would rather have the mussie ISIS crazies in charge
To paraphrase Patton's Dictum; “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his religion. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his religion.”
BUMP!!
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