Day 30

AUGUST | 2023

Syria

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

Lord, we pray for the broken country of Syria. We pray that the wounded physically and emotionally get healed by calling on Your name. The prayer offered in faith will make the sick persons well. You will heal these people. And You will forgive any sins that he or she has done. Lord, give faith to those who pray for the sick people. They must believe that You will answer their prayers. They must be confident that You will heal. It is the prayer with faith that You use. It is prayer in Your name and not the oil, that leads to the healing of the sick. In answer to the prayer, You will make the sick people well again. If sin was the cause of the illness, You will forgive that sin (The Bible, James 5:15).

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Syria dropped down to 12th position in the World Watch Report 2023 by Open Doors for Christian persecution as violence against Christians decreased. The current president is Bashar al-Assad and the prime minister is Hussein Arnous since 11 June 2020. Syria has been shattered and decimated by war, violence, and terrorism. Multitudes have lost their lives. Millions have been forced from their homes, leading to a mass humanitarian crisis of historic proportions. Civil war has become a much more complex and multifaceted conflict. The many warring factions are armed opposition groups, rebels, the Islamic State, and the Kurds. Numerous war crimes, such as the use of chemical warfare, have been reported on all sides, leading to unspeakable horrors among Syrian civilians. The Islamic State has capitalized on Syria’s instability and chaos and started taking control of huge areas. The terrorized people of Syria further suffer from the IS-caused terror, and the war has caused the displacement of over six million people within Syria.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Bashar al-Assad
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Hussein Arnous
POPULATION
17,065,000
CHRISTIANS
5.9%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
0.2%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Sunni Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
15
REFUGEES
7,947,655
LIFE EXPECTANCY
55.7 yrs
LITERACY RATE
79.6%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
11.9%