Could a new Christian-friendly country be emerging in the Middle East? It seems there could be a possibility in Syria.
A region of Syria known as Sweida is starting to form and they have the support of Israel. A people group in Syria known as the Druze have been facing genocide, but they are fighting back and are now in full control of a southern Syrian region known as Sweida. Sweida has almost half a million people. A large percentage of the population of Sweidia are Christian. It’s BY FAR the safest area for Christians in Syria.
Most Christians do not know that after WWII, the world decided that Christians needed their own homeland, so they carved out a nation called Lebanon. Within only a few years, Lebanon became one of the most wealthy nations in the Middle East with the best economy, universities, and job markets. Within a decade, the capital city of Beirut was called the “Paris of the Middle East.”
Unfortunately, the economy and stability of the nation was also their downfall. As they flourished, they also became the target of many Muslims looking for education and job opportunities. Muslims from surrounded war torn nations like Syria, Iraq, Iran, etc began to flood in asking for opportunity to work and be educated. As the number of Islamic immigrants in the new Christian nation increased, so did the violence. After the number of Muslims grew, so did the voices to turn Lebanon into an Islamic nation, eventually leading to a bloody civil war.
Since the fall of Lebanon, Israel has been the only nation in the Middle East to provide a safe haven for Christians, but if Sweida gains it’s independence, it would become the first overwhelmingly non-Muslim state in the Middle East since Israel!
