On July 27, 2024 a Hezbollah rocket attack killed 12 children in Majdal Shams, Israel.
To memorialize the 12 angels lost in that attack, One Free World International, Bridges For Peace, and Blue Flame 47 have come together to support the mourning Druze community to build a memorial garden at Al-Manahil School in Majdal Shams.
The One Free World International team is back in the Middle East this week to support the Christian and Druze people under attack in Syria.
Over the summer Rev. El Shafie rang the alarm, calling for action to protect them.
The world breathed a collective sigh of relief when news broke that Syria’s brutal fourteen-year civil war was over. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship felt like the long-awaited dawn after a dark and bloody night. Yet, our new report reveals, this new day is perilous, especially for the ancient religious and ethnic minorities who call Syria home. While the new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, presents a moderate face to the West, the facts on the ground tell a story of escalating violence and fear. This is not a time for naive optimism, but for principled action and determined hope.
Where Syria President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Forces Mobilize; Death & Destruction Follows
The southern Syrian city of Suwayda has been enduring a wave of attacks from Islamist militias turned Syrian national army. Dozens are dead and churches have been burned.
It is with a heart filled with sadness we write to inform you of another attack on a church this Christmas season.
Today an armed gunman opened fired on a Christian owned store and a Coptic church before he was arrested by Egyptian authorities near Cairo this morning. 11 are dead, including one brave officer who gave his life protecting others from this deadly assault.
"When Adiba Dasni* arrived at Toronto Pearson Airport last February, after a 15-hour flight from Iraq with two sisters and six children in tow, the Prime Minister was not waiting at the airport to greet them. There were no camera crews, no volunteers waving little Canadian flags. In fact, the Dasni family’s arrival paints a very different picture from the one conveyed by news coverage of Syrian refugees arriving to open arms in 2015."
Following on the heels of his well-received op ed published by The Hill, Rev. El Shafie travelled to Washington, D.C. to meet with Members and staff of the United States Congress to discuss the important work of One Free World International.
