🇸🇾 Maaloula, a Christian village in Syria | mE 26

Maaloula, a Christian village in Syria
Second day of my tour in Syria.
We start our drive from Damascus to Aleppo, and on the way, we stop in Maaloula, a Christian village that was destroyed by Isis. The headquarters of Isis were in a hotel on top of the village, and the hotel was heavily bombed when the Syrian government managed to take back control of the village thanks to the help of the Hezbollah.
Then we visit the church of Thakla, the woman who christianized the region. The nuns of this monastery were kidnapped by Isis, but luckily for them, they did not arm them, and they were freed when the village was freed.
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[@aldallika3648]

Correction: It was Al-Qaeda that kidnapped the nuns of Maaloula NOT ISIS! ISIS is the enemy of Al-Qaeda and they always fight, kidnap and assassinate the members of each other. Al-Qaeda always accuses ISIS of being an agent working for Iran and the political regime of Syria. The head of the nuns of Maaloula, after being released peacefully, confirmed in an interview the claims of Al-Qaeda and she praised the men of Al-Qaeda for their hospitality. Al-Qaeda claimed also that it kidnapped the nuns of Maaloula to protect them from a conspiracy made by the political regime of Syria that planned to kill the nuns of Maaloula then accuse Al-Qaeda of doing it. Thus Al-Qaeda kidnapped the nuns, kept them safe in a big house as guests then released them peacefully. The funny thing is that the United States accuses Iran of hiding many leaders of Al-Qaeda on its lands. It is also known that in the beginning of the Syrian crisis, the political regime of Syria released many very dangerous Islamists from a high-security military prison near Damascus called Saydnaya prison. These prisoners became later the leaders of the Islamists who fought the political regime of Syria for many years.

[@KinoYves]

Thank you for the correction!

[@aldallika3648]

@@KinoYves You are welcome. I forgot to mention other bizarre facts. Iran officially supports HAMAS that fights Israel. HAMAS is connected to Al-Qaeda or it is a part of it. Iran fights Al-Qaeda in Syria! Turkey supports Al-Qaeda. Iran fights AL-Qaeda in Syria. But Iran and Turkey help each others on many levels! HAMAS fights and fought Israel for long time but Israel supported the Islamists in Syria, allowed them to have bases near its borders and accepted their wounded men in its hospitals. The Islamists of Syria officially supported HAMAS! It is really complicated and can not be explained logically. But the only clear thing is that the Ordinary Syrian people are the real victims of the Syrian crisis.

[@KinoYves]

@@aldallika3648 wow, that's completely insane actually. Modern geopolitics are completely nuts... and actually it is also similar with what France did. France supported the front Al Nosra (so Al Qaeda in Syria), but at the same time, France started a war in Mali to fight against Al Qaeda... it's also hard to see the logic. But anyway, I completely agree with you, in the end, normal Syrian people were the innocent victims of a huge geopolitical mess... it's really a disaster, all those governments just don't care about the people.

[@aldallika3648]

@@KinoYves You are right. Few days ago, some European politicians invited the Islamists to fight the Russian in Ukraine but when these Islamists tried to go to fight Russia in Syria they were considered terrorists!

[@KinoYves]

@@aldallika3648 yeah... it's becoming harder harder to trust any government... no logic at all, they only make decisions for the very short term, and then nothing makes sense anymore...

[@juergenruss1366]

You learned a lot in so short time. Fairuz in the morning… that’s advanced Levantine class!

[@KinoYves]

Yeah, I actually stayed a long time in Beirut, that's where I learnt how to love Fairuz.

[@tsitos100]

god bless assad for protecting the christian population. Assad sent from God .

[@themaravilla7777]

He is Dunno why the west demonized him. Are the modern rulers of the west Satanists/Aethiests?

[@adamsuedois3019]

He isnt protecting anyone boy, you are brainwashed from the media. And isis killed more muslims than non-muslims by the way. Get your facts right boy.

[@hesmightier]

Dam, you're so brave, where did you get it from?

[@suhakhaled1984]

When we were kids we used to go to Maaloula and cross this canyon slowly because of the water spring that crossed it back then, that was around 27-30 years ago. Since then the whole region started to dry out. I have came across an Italian village that looks exactly like Maaloula but I forgot its name! The fascinating thing about Maaloula is that houses and churches were carved in the mountain itself. People there are very nice and kind, and that hotel was a very good business indeed, the whole region used to celebrate weddings and new years evenings there. wish to see Maaloula again

[@lidiaacar4088]

Matera maybe in region of Puglia?

[@fr.mhiggins7491]

Amazing video! very few people will know about St. Thecla and the early church stories regarding St. Paul and the conversion of Thecla. I had no idea myself that there was a Church to venerate her, where she lived. Incredible. Many Thanks.

[@KinoYves]

Thank you very much!

[@DeniseLareina]

Wow 🤩 I need to visit Syria

[@Syrian-aramai]

You welcome 🇸🇾👍

[@Saturang]

Thanks Yves and thanks to those who liberated Maalula

[@juergenruss1366]

It’s not surprising that the nuns got targeted , the head nun was supported by the late wife of Hafiz al Assad, she made big donations there every year. They used to have an orphanage there as well. Every year they made the festivity of the sighting of the holy cross. Helena the mother of Constantine send an expedition to find the holy cross on which Jesus was crucified. When they found it in the holy land they made signal fires all the way up the mountains until the message reached Konstantinople. Each year on the 12 September the Christian’s in Syria celebrate this by putting fires on the mountain tops of maaloula.

[@KinoYves]

Wow, thank you very much for the explanation.

[@Shadymechanic]

Thank u for showing this beautiful side of Syria❤️❤️❤️

[@casualcarl8460]

Beautifully shot and edited Yves. That canyon was amazing. Thank you 🙏

[@KinoYves]

Thank you very much Carl !

[@gabrielad.]

Thank you so much to do this video☺️❤

[@sergiocalletti2020]

Thank you very much for your fast reply,you ate welcome to Argentina

[@sabrinaliu66]

thanks for taking us there. given by the current situation in proche orient...my visit to that part of the world becomes....impossible. sigh.

[@abduldager3642]

It is levant not middle east go to school

[@نغمالعباس]

سوريا جنة

[@abduldager3642]

Will you tell us what the Iranians, Hezbollah, and President Bashar al-Assad are doing in Syria and how they have made it a reactionary country?

[@aminaaminova4449]

My granda was named by St Tekla. Actually she is a very well known saint, especially in Spain, in Tarragona the main cathedral is dedicated to Santa Tecla and She is a protector of the city. Also is very well known in Greece and Italy, the relics of her, basicaly the head of her is now in Duomo Milano Cathedral, she is a reverd saint in Orthodox Church. Thank you for this video and and God bless you!

[@thealok0075]

God bless you to all Amen 🙏⛪🕯️

[@SSDfunnyvideos5059]

God bless Syria one of the oldest countries in the world the Home of Christianity.

[@lizachristensen2941]

Amazing place. Yes the canyon resembles the entrance to Petra. I never knew of this place and this saint. What the people in this area had to endure. Such great history thank you.

[@CamiloOsSan]

I PRAY FOR THEM EVERY DAY I AM LUCKY AS A CATHOLIC CAUSE I LIVE IN LATIN AMERICA

[@imadsabbak4460]

Magnificent!

[@elena.berlin0605]

3 weeks ago I was there! :)

[@d.nicole4332]

Wasn't it dangerous?

[@elena.berlin0605]

@@d.nicole4332 Maybe it was. But a had a travel guide from Lebanon und one from Syria, this was the rule to go to Syria from Lebanon by car last year. It was nice! People were nice, also soldiers were nice. It´s a very beautiful country.

[@lidiaacar4088]

Visited those places just before the War...Hotel used to be a Sheraton if I remember....I wonder if the cave Church and Ancient Icons have survived the Crisis, in your video you did not enter inside or they did not let to film it

[@saesariana]

Islam tidak hanya dibawa oleh Muhammad. Tapi islam sudah dibawa oleh adam. Muhammad sebagai penyempurnanya. Adam adalah nabi pertama islam. 😊

[@ai66232]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@khalidalali186]

I still vividly some of the scenes of the Passion of the Christ, and when Lucifer tries to tempt Jesus of Nazareth, and asks him who might his father be? It sounds quite similar to someone asking someone the very same question in Arabic.

[@sergiocalletti2020]

Kino my grandfather by the side of my mother was born in Siria, in a place called yem in Mastra(hay don't know if it is a Province or district or whatever, because I could never find it on a Map

[@piszez6448]

God opens the caneb

[@coreymishler6337]

Schlomlech Maryam! Where is ma3 Alleluia? Is Yahya Baptist in Damascus? Aleppo is Halab. Baby Ali Al Asghar child of Rubab and Imam Husayn didn't get any water/asperges/agua from the Euphrates River/rio. How do medics survive?

[@flammamoris]

La paix à toi! Peux tu me dire comment t’as fait pour joindre ce merveilleux village? Prochainement j’irai dans le sud de la Turquie et j’aimerais tant visiter cet endroit! Merci!

[@KinoYves]

J'ai organisé mon voyage en Syrie avec l'agence Marrota, les contacts sont dans la description de la vidéo. Par contre, pour aller en Syrie c'est plus facile depuis le Liban, je pense que depuis la Turquie c'est impossible, la Turquie étant en guerre contre la Syrie.

[@flammamoris]

@@KinoYves Oui, j’imagine. Merci beaucoup!

[@sandisandi5225]

Nice

[@piszez6448]

God opens the tunels

[@husen18]

I just saw video bout this village on another channel which taken 6 years ago... And then i am curious how the village right now, And sad to hear isis destroy the village 🥲🥲

[@suhakhaled1984]

Correction: the kidnapped nuns stayed in a town called Yabroud by AlQaida and they weren’t hurt on the contrary they said goodbye to their kidnappers when they left. They were liberated by a man called George Hiswani who is a Syrian-Russian citizen and has long and strong relationships with Putin (the nuns were arrested in his house actually) it seems that Alqaida had some requirements that needed to be fulfilled in order to liberate the nuns and they had no intentions to hurt them so they liberated them after having what they asked for

[@sergiocalletti2020]

Oh kino,and by the way..ate you french?,my greatgrandmother was french,her last name was faber

[@KinoYves]

Yes, I am French

[@hawar5500]

Yo Yves i love u man im from Sweden 🇪🇺 most dangerous city may got be With us and may god make u the best youtube i maybey be dead or alive bur i love u

[@ahmadalbishr3800]

Only tourist in the place also in museum they open specially for him so despised.

[@sergiocalletti2020]

besides It is my Drean to go there,I would need to find a civil registre from there to look for the act of bautism of him,hislast name was Isaac,he was the father of my mother

[@robertgee5660]

I need to become a sponcer

[@jonchal5561]

A head scratcher is that before this proxy war began. In 2010 syria was experiencing its most prosperous year in its history. Also there was huge advancements in women's rights and education. Ofcorse the powers to be could not allow this beautiful country to prosper.

[@thomasnorb4077]

Syria's economy was in decline before the war. In fact, a lot of researchers point to its economic problems as causing the civil unrest. GDP did peak in 2010, but so did oil imports! Syria had an oil boom prior to 2010, but they ran out of steam due to declining oil output and sanctions on exports. On top of that, droughts in 2008/2009 hit them hard, what with 23% of their GDP being agricultural. The droughts meant they had to import food, which they didn't have money to pay for any longer. Unrest was inevitable.

[@DigoronKavkaz]

Between one third to half of the population is Muslim and they also speak Aramaic

[@Karim_Ben-Laden]

Hi, are you in iraq right now?

[@KinoYves]

Yes

[@Karim_Ben-Laden]

@@KinoYves haha nice, it was nice meeting you today

[@elenacoutant2272]

Qui est ISIS ?

[@KinoYves]

C'est Daesh, l'État Islamique, l'organisation qui a terrorisé une grande partie de la Syrie et de l'Irak, et qui a perpétré beaucoup d'attentats en Europe et ailleurs.

[@toriajustice605]

🤍

[@عَلَمعَلَم-ج9ن]

1:05 ?

[@OS-ii7po]

French bring what? Are you kidding me ottomans brought a lot of knowledge to syria french people imposed their language to Syrian people and forbade Arabic language. Come on man I'm Syrian from Damascus everyone know these facts very well my brother

[@travelacademy3441]

Isis have never been in Mallola Only few militias from Syrian rebels

[@KinoYves]

Indeed, my mistake, it was the rebels.

[@DeniShow99]

There are no rebels in the Syrian conflict, only : Syrian Army, jihadists (FSA, ISIS, Nusra etc.) and Kurdish speratists.

[@travelacademy3441]

@@DeniShow99 what the difference between thus words , usually every group fight against his government called rebells

[@DeniShow99]

@@travelacademy3441 By media yes , to whitewash those jihadi's . media doesnt want Westerners to know their tax money is going to headschoppers. Instead thy call them "Free Syrian Army" , then a random Westerner thinks his gov. is supporting freedom fighters.

[@syr72]

Really doesn't matter. A terrorist is a terrorist, no matter the name of their group

[@StaticTeaz]

If the Christians would take a page out of Quakerism and/or Zen Buddhism, there would have been nothing to steal.

[@ioanadivan2824]

nu vreau sa vad fata nici unui vloger. nu inteleg de ce vorbesc si isi arata chipul!? ar trebui sa vedem doar documentarea.

[@robertgee5660]

None of us r perfect and yves is an active gay man seeking God's h art...none of us should judge

[@riboflavinz]

This video is full of innacuracies. Why not just talk about what you actually know instead of spreading misinformation. The story of how the town originated was plenty interesting. And you managed to botch that as well

[@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021]

In the name of Christianity make a loot bad bad actions, and when someone want to make of some population Christians that not a good woman or man but who am i to judge

[@KinoYves]

Well, in this case, I really don't think so, the forced conversions to Christianity happened much later, mostly during the Middle Ages, and of course, also during the conquest of the Americas by the Europeans. The story in this video dates back from the very beginning of Christianity, when being a Christian was actually forbidden, just a few years after Jesus died, and at that time, Christianity was definitely not used as a tool for war, and it was technically impossible to force people to convert, as anyone claiming to be a Christian was gonna be sentenced to death by the non Christian majority.

[@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021]

@@KinoYves don't think i have something against Christianity i am baptised but my grandmother did that hiding from my father, my mother was pure Serbian Orthodox from old family who gain much high priest in Kosovo but my father was also from old family Kosovo my grandfather by father side was vice mayor city of Prizren both from Kosovo but i am for my self say i am Christian but not follow any religion as religion but my fate is strong just don't belive in todays religions because they are not man of god...

[@KinoYves]

I am the same as you, I am culturally christian, but not religious at all, especially because too many people use religion as a weapon for war. Though, I do think that in every religion, you can find very interesting stories (because they show us the History of humanity), and stories of truly good people.

[@bavarois25]

People use everything for war. Whether it's a religion or ideology. People use atheism too, which is simply an ideology as well. You can ban all religions from the world, there will be the same amount of wars.