Amash Nalbandian
Appearances
Global News Podcast
US sends diplomats to Syria
A week ago, the bishops here in Damascus, we met a representative from this new government who is in charge of religious denominations and communities. And we asked about our rights, our demands, and it was a huge and beautiful promises that that everything will be good and we can have a freedom of practicing our faith and rights.
Global News Podcast
US sends diplomats to Syria
Actually, it is very early to say that. Honestly, I don't have trust yet. You know, we heard from our people and that in many places, some people from this new government or from this group demand that the woman should cover their head or the alcohol would be prohibited. So it is actually something that makes huge concerns among the people.
Global News Podcast
US sends diplomats to Syria
But we as bishops, leaders of the churches, we say this is, of course, important, but we will not stay on these small things. We are more concerned how would be written the new constitution. And in this situation, High level negotiations want to be included and our voice be heard.
Global News Podcast
US sends diplomats to Syria
As they took over in Aleppo, many families, Syrians, Christians and Armenians too, they left their homes to other cities and some of them took the way to Lebanon. But after we saw that it's nothing dangerous, many of them, they returned to their homes and houses.
Global News Podcast
US sends diplomats to Syria
I will say, for the credit of this HDS group or new government, that we are living a kind of normalization, that everyone is going to his job, to his store, and we opened the schools. Just we are waiting how the international community will react. accept this. And if yes, we are going to try to have our position in this new society, in this new government.