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HERE'S WHAT WE SAW.
A STATUE OF JESUS CHRIST BUT AT
THE SAVIOUR'S FEET, A GRUESOME
SIGHT.
DOZENS OF BADLY MUTILATED AND
CHARRED BODIES.
THE DEAD ARE REBEL FIGHTERS WHO
TRIED TO STORM A MONTESTARY.
THEY ATTACKED FROM THAT MOUNTAIN
BACK THERE AND DESTROYED OUR
FRONT GATE.
THE MONTESTARY IS NOT A CIVILIAN
TARGET THESE DAYS.
IT'S FILLED WITH PRO-ASSAD
FIGHTERS, MOSTLY CHRISTIANS, AND
ARMY FORCES AS WELL.
THERE'S ARTILLERY, TANKS, AND
MORTARS STATIONED INSIDE.
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE INCREASE
IN THE VIOLENCE IN THIS AREA.
IN THE PAST FEW DAYS ALONE, 40
MORTARS EITHER HIT INSIDE THE
MONTESTARY.
REBELS HAVE OFTEN ACCUSED
SYRIA'S CHRISTIANS OF
COLLABORATING WITH THE ASSAD
REGIME.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS SUNNI TOWNS
GETTING SHELLED ATOP OF THE
HILL.
THOUGH WE CANNOT VERIFY THE
AUTHENTICITY.
MANY OF SYRIA'S CHRISTIANS FEEL
THREATENED BY THE UPRISING OF
BASHAR AL ASSAD.
ONE OF THE MAIN CHRISTIAN TOWNS
WAS SLAMMED BY MUSLIMS AND NUNS
WERE KIDNAPPED.
MANY FEAR THAT CHRISTIANS COULD
BE PUSHED OUT OF SYRIA
ALTOGETHER.
I'M CERTAIN THEY ARE TARGETING
US BECAUSE WE ARE CHRISTIAN.
WE'VE HAD MANY ATTACKS, SAYS
THIS CHRISTIAN FIGHTER.
SYRIA'S SPLINTERED REBEL GROUPS
HAVE DONE NOTHING TO ASSURE
CHRISTIANS THAT THEY WILL BE
SAFE IN A PRO-ASSAD COUNTRY.
MANY FEAR THE END O SYRIA'S CHR
COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE END OF BASHAR
AL ASSAD HIMSELF, WOLF, THAT THE
CHRISTIANS ARE AFRAID OF ITSELF
IT'S THE WHOLE POWER STRUCTURE
THAT IS IN PLACE HERE WHERE THEY
FEEL THAT POWER STRUBLG TUR HAS
GUARANTEED THE STABILITY TO LIVE
IN THIS COUNTRY AND THEY ARE