Syria's Christians surround by fears of Jihadist and Assad's protecting claims

 Sadness and grieve prevail Wadi Al-Nasara area, north west Syria with mosaic textile of charming Christian village. In general people there support Syrian regime and regular army in its war against radical Jihadists, as they see it.

 Photos of "martyrs " who were killed in the ongoing conflict for 29 months between government forces and opposition fighter, including radical Islamists fills streets besides picture of Bashar al-Assad.

 50 thousand people most of them Christians live in Wadi al-Nasara, many of young people joined the National Defense Forces ( NDF ) that Syrian regime supports. Last week, 11 people were killed at a barrier belonged to popular committees near Al-Hosn Castle as a result of an attack, residents have accused Al-Nusra front of the killing.

 Jack Saadi was among the dead, his devastated mother sat beside a big picture of him wearing military uniform in front of Syrian flag and she said: “Jack was defending us against those who want to harm us, my son is a martyr." Issa Saadi, Jack's father says that his son’s death will not force him to leave his village, although it has been targeted repeatedly by opposition militants, and added "I will stay here and hide in a hole if I needed to, but I will stay in my house. God bless Bashar and God grant victory to the government."

 His daughter Marta, who was in black mourning for her brother said "I call on the government to send troops to protect us from the gunmen who assassinated our children and youth" Issa Yazigi , whose son “Sumar” was killed in the same attack said “most of people fled the town that is now in the hands of the jihadists, and they threaten us and we are trying to expel them” Other residents complained that Marmarita main street exposed to fire shots by gunmen hiding in Al-Hosn castle and one of them said: “the gunmen opened fire on us while walking in street."

 The Coalition called residents of the coast and the mountains for solidarity with the objectives of the "revolution" to overthrow the regime, also called residents to beware of the regime lies as it claims protecting minorities but indeed aims to protect the Assad family.

 Christians make up only 5% of Syria's population, most of them support Assad regime, as they fear of the growing strength of the jihadists who aim to establish an Islamic state in Syria. Although the conflict in Syria began in mid-March 2011 with peaceful protests calling for the departure of the Assad regime , but the conflict in Syria started to take a sectarian turn over.

 Syria's conflict began in March 2011 largely as peaceful protests against Assad's rule. It escalated into a civil war after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent.

 More than 200,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to Syrian Human rights NGO's and 1.7 million Syrians, including one million children, have been forced to flee to neighboring countries, the United Nations says.

 Editing by Yusra Ahmad