Father Gabriel’s main challenge, he says, is to properly order and organise life within the parish. Photo: ACN

Syrian bishop on situation in the country: calls for presence of UN blue helmets against internal violence and Israeli attacks

After days of violence and more than a thousand dead, including some Christians, the al-Sharaa government has declared the operation against the Alawites on the west coast of the country over. Damascus also signed a merger agreement with the Kurds. For the archbishop of Homs, peace requires an international presence and the end of sanctions. So far, the authorities have not fulfilled their promises.