A future for Syrian Christians in the new Syria

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In the summer of 2026, the bells of Qunaya's church rang for the first time in over a decade. The sound carried more than a call to prayer. It carried the weight of 14 years of displacement and the hope of Christian families who chose to return. Suad Boutros, a 58-year-old returnee to Qunaya, stood before her house for the first time since 2012 and wept. "I never thought I would stand here again," she told The New Arab, “During the years of displacement, we lived in rented houses... we never felt they could be our real home." But returning home is only the beginning. For Syria's Christians, th…