Dear John,

While you and I celebrated this Christmas season in peace, not everyone was so lucky.

Christians in Syria spent this Christmas in fear!

I can’t wrap my head around what they’re going through— that’s why I had to reach out to you, right now, as this new year begins.

A month after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syrian Christians are facing a terrifying new reality. The rise of Islamist groups in power has brought fear and uncertainty, stirring painful memories of ISIS’s brutal reign.

Remember what ISIS did? They systematically targeted Christians—burning churches, tearing down crosses, and kidnapping or killing entire families. For years, these communities lived in terror before ISIS was defeated in 2019.

Now, it feels like history is repeating itself. Syrian Christians are once again at risk of persecution, displacement, and violence.

I can’t watch any longer, and just do nothing about it.

This could be a moment of life and death for Christians in Syria and they need YOU—right now.

You can demand decisive action to protect Syria’s Christians. Will you do your bit, this new year?

After surviving ISIS’s terror 10 years ago, they’re now reliving the nightmare. This is the reality Christians in Syria are facing.

Just a few days ago, in Hama, terrorists opened fire on the Greek Orthodox cathedral. Just imagine that - gunshots hitting the very walls where you pray (1). 

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch in Syria announced the cancellation of Christmas and New Year celebrations due to the "current security conditions"  following the shootings.

Nearby, they ripped crosses off graves. And in St. George’s Church, terrorists destroyed sacred icons and crosses (2).

… It gets worse.

On December 13, in the Valley of the Christians, Samaan Satme and Helena Khashouf were brutally murdered in their home. Samaan was beheaded. Helena was shot. Both in their home (3).

I can’t stop thinking about what these families and communities must be going through. And the more we wait, the more in danger they will be.

Just imagine standing in the place where the disciples first called themselves Christians. Where St. Paul first preached. Where Jesus’s own language, Aramaic, is still being spoken.

Now imagine it disappearing. Gone.

And what’s breaking my heart is that no one seems to care. It’s like the world has forgotten them - Again.

But YOU and I haven’t.

These are our brothers and sisters in Christ, we’re talking about. If we don’t stand up for them, who will?

That’s why this campaign is so important. Together, we’re working to make sure the world doesn’t ignore these Christians. 

You’ll be urging the United Nations to take immediate action to protect Christians in Syria, by:

• Demand investigations into the violence and persecution targeting Christians.
• Amplify the voices of Syrian Christians so their needs are prioritized in international aid.
• Hold attackers accountable through international justice mechanisms.
• Push the UN to pass resolutions ensuring the protection of Christians in Syria.

CitizenGO is mobilizing rapidly to rally people like you.

Together, we’re spreading the word, building pressure, and demanding real concrete action to protect Christians in danger. But we can’t do this without you.

This campaign is how you and I can fight for them. It’s how we can make sure their voices are being heard.