Témoignage de Sam Dagher dans le Wall Street Journal, qui dit avoir passé 4 heures dans Qussair : selon lui les rebelles étaient « sous l’influence du Front Al-Nusra », ils avaient profané l’église chrétienne de la ville, et les quelques 10.000 chrétiens de la ville avaient été chassés dès l’arrivée des rebelles l’année dernière.
Fallen Syrian City Bears Signs of Sectarian War
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A four-hour walk in Qusayr revealed the freshest marks of a war that is inflaming Sunnis and Shiites across the region.
Rebels fighting here appeared to be under the sway of Jabhat al-Nusra, a Sunni militia that is linked to al Qaeda: Notices plastered on war-damaged mosques praised the group’s defense of Qusayr. In the main Christian church, scenes of Christ’s crucifixion, seen by many Muslims as blasphemous, had been ripped from paintings and altarpieces.
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Before fighting nearly emptied Qusayr of residents, the predominantly Sunni city of 60,000 people had a Christian minority estimated to number 10,000 people. Most of the Christians fled in February 2012 after Islamist fighters battled with several Christian families who supported the regime.
