CV NEWS FEED // Despite government censorship of many Christian programs, Arabic language channel SAT-7 USA is providing hope, support, and encouragement for the devastated Christian population in Syria and other countries in the Middle East.
“Since the war began, thousands of Christians and other minorities have fled the country, and those who stayed now face an extremely uncertain future with HTS and its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda fighter, in charge,” SAT-7 president Rex Rogers said in an April 7 press release from the media organization.
Despite these dangers, some leaders are urging Christians not to give up on their homeland. SAT-7’s Arabic-language talk show You Are Not Alone recently featured Syrian pastor Maher Samaan, who spoke about the Church’s mission in the face of adversity.
“We have a role as a church by sticking to each other and supporting each other for a better Syria,” he said. “If we leave, how can we rebuild our country?”
The channel also has an Arabic-speaking support team that helps counsel Syrian Christians.
“Because of the religious sectarianism and all the terrorist factions in Syria … I cannot approach a church or express my secret belief in God,” one SAT-7 viewer in Syria, whom the release did not identify, told the support team.
In addition to pastoral care, SAT-7 is raising awareness of the steep decline of Syrian Christians, the oldest Christian community in the world. Before the civil war began in 2011, there were 1.5 million Syrian Christians. In 2025, the numbers have dwindled to just 300,000.
Syria’s Christian roots go back approximately 2,000 years, the release states. They were the first Christians identified in the Bible, and St. Paul converted on the road to Damascus, the capital of Syria.
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