SYRIA: NEW THREATENING MESSAGE AGAINST CHRISTIANS APPEARS NEAR A CHURCH

Believers in Aleppo, Syria are under increasing pressure as another threatening message has been found sprayed on a wall near a church. 

In November 2025, the walls of St Elias Church in Maared Saidnaya and St Cyrillos Church were found to have been vandalised by threatening messages. Believers are increasingly fearful of attacks, especially after the bombing of St Elias Church, Dweilla in June last year.

Spreading fear 

The message was discovered when a local Open Doors partner went to visit a church in a neighbourhood near Aleppo – one which has suffered greatly because of violence between the government and Kurdish-led SDF forces. 

The text literally reads: “Days between us, you cross worshippers.” The expression means, “You will be next, you Christians.” 

“When I read the text, I got scared. Of course, I continued on my way to the church, but such a message spreads fear,” the local partner relates. 

Similar messages have been found on the walls of churches and in streets where there are a significant number of Christians meeting or living. 

Such warnings are increasing the insecurity felt by many of our brothers and sisters since the bombing attack in June 2025. They serve as heavy reminders of the active threats they face because of their faith, and the trauma the church has already endured. 

Please continue to stand with our family in Syria in this time of uncertainty.