Anything tragic that happened to minorities was inevitable and necessary.
—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
Deadly attacks blamed on the Islamic State group have targeted religious minorities, including a suicide attack on a church in a Damascus suburb and a bomb set off in a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area in the city of Homs.
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