Syria

More than 4,360 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in Syria’s civil war in 2023, the thirteenth year since fighting began. Syrian government forces accounted for almost 900 of the dead this year, with other fighters, including from the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, pro-Iran groups, Islamist factions, Islamic State group jihadists, and foreign combatants accounting for the rest.

O’ LORD, march out like a Man of War, raise the battle cry against the peace destroyers in Syria, and triumph over them. (The Holy Bible, Isaiah 42:13)

Pray for the LORD to frustrate all the plans of the bloody-thirsty people in Syria. Let not their hands achieve no success against peace and protection of innocent civilians. (The Holy Bible, Job 5:12)

The country of Syria has been shattered and decimated by war, violence, and terrorism for many years. Multitudes of people have lost their lives. Many thousand have been wounded. Millions of them were forced to flee from their homes. This has caused the mass humanitarian crisis of historic proportions. Constant civil war is becoming a much more complex and multifaceted conflict now. The government is facing terrible threats from the many warring factions that are the armed opposition groups, the Islamic State and the Kurds. Numerous war crimes have been committed.  The use of chemical warfare that has been reported on all sides that inflicted unspeakable horrors for the Syrian civilians. Syria’s instability and the prevailing chaotic situation have been capitalized on by the Islamic State and started taking control of huge areas in the country. The Syrians living there are thoroughly terrified. At the same time Christian persecution and violence against Christians have also terribly increased in Syria. Persisting war has caused the displacement of millions of people within the country itself.