December 2024: The Great Memory Wipe
The West has moved on. But for Syria’s Christians, there’s nowhere left to run.
Kevork Almassian
In December 2024, something surreal happened. The media machine — backed by think tanks, NGO mouthpieces, professional “activists,” and state-approved experts — pulled off a stunt straight out of Men in Black. You remember that flashy little device, the neuralyzer? Zap — memories gone. That’s exactly what they did to the public mind.
Suddenly, we were all supposed to forget what happened in Syria. Forget ISIS. Forget al-Qaeda. Forget over a decade of terrorism. Erase it all.
In place of memory, they handed us a new script: Abu Mohammad al-Julani — yes, the same guy who founded Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s arm in Syria — is now somehow a “moderate” rebel. A misunderstood reformer. A would-be democrat.
They painted Julani as a beacon of inclusion who’ll bring peace and pluralism to Syria. This wasn’t just spin. It was full-on psychological warfare.
Fast forward seven months. What’s left of that fantasy?
On the ground, Julani’s regime has unleashed ethnic cleansing campaigns — starting with Syria’s Alawites, labeled guilty by association for sharing the same religious sect as the ousted President Bashar al-Assad. He turned his fury on the Druze next, trying to crush them into oblivion.
He even took another shot at wiping out the Kurds. But this time, the Kurds were ready — organized, armed, and unwilling to be driven from their land again.
With fewer targets left, Julani’s thugs turned inward. Israel rolls into Syrian territory almost daily, but instead of resisting occupation, Julani’s goons were busy inviting Christians to convert or pay Jizyeh. Loudspeakers blasted calls to Islam in Christian neighborhoods. Then came the bombs.
They blew up St. Elias Church in Damascus with suicide bombers. Within 48 hours, two more churches were hit — one in Aleppo, one in Latakia. Innocent civilians were slaughtered. Christians, once again, were buried for their faith.
And what did Julani do? Nothing. No mourning. No condemnation. He wouldn’t even call the murdered Christians martyrs. Because for Julani, they never mattered. They never belonged to Syria. Julani is not a president — he’s a warlord with PR.
Since 2011, 90% of Syria’s Christians have already fled — first under the U.S.-engineered regime-change chaos, then under the boots of Islamists. Now, the few who stayed behind are being hunted in their own churches. No one defends them. No one speaks for them.
The West has moved on. But for Syria’s Christians, there’s nowhere left to run.
—Kevork Almassian is a Syrian journalist, geopolitical analyst, and the founder of Syriana Analysis.
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