Christians in Syria are choosing to “hide Christian symbols and avoid public displays of faith” following the collapse of the Assad regime and ascent of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to power, Ryan Brown, the CEO of the Christian human rights organization Open Doors, told Breitbart News in remarks this weekend.
Brown answered questions in the context of the release of Open Doors’ annual World Watch List for 2026, which meticulously tracks the threats that persecuted Christians face around the world and ranks the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian. Its research estimates that 388 million Christians live in places where they face systematic persecution. Open Doors monitors that persecution and operates throughout the world aiding the persecuted faithful with emergency relief and training church leaders.
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