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Assyrian Journalist Betrayed By the Indifference of the West Over Syria
Hasakah, Syria — Souleman Yusph, a Christian journalist and researcher specialising in minority issues, hails from Qamishli, a town in the Kurdish-controlled north-eastern region of Syria.
- AINA
He spoke to AsiaNews about his disappointment vis-à-vis the indifference of the West, especially the United States, who could exert pressure to defend Christians in Syria but instead shows that it does not care about them and their future.
He also expressed fear of ending up again in the crosshairs of Kurdish authorities and their Christian ally, which arrested and held him for several days, torturing…