Muslims of Liberated Saraqeb, Syria, put up Christmas Tree for Local Christians

Juan Cole 12/23/2012

The young man who is being interviewed stresses the unity of all Syrians, whether Muslim, Christian, Druze, etc.

The Syrian revolutionaries took it at the beginning of November. It was subsequently the site of the execution of captured Syrian army troops. Last spring, the Syrian military was also accused of war crimes in Saraqeb.

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page