Masked gunmen prevented citizens from approaching at gunpoint while setting fire to the tree, which had been erected days earlier in al-Suqaylabiyah's main square. Local firefighters extinguished the blaze after the perpetrators departed on Monday.
Residents of the Hama Governorate city staged demonstrations in response, protesting what they described as growing security chaos and restrictions on religious practices.
Young men also conducted a sit-in protest outside the regional command headquarters to denounce the attack on the Christian symbol.
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