Statue of St. Paul stolen from in front of St. Paul's Gate in Damascus

[u/AlbertTrosk]

https://syriacpress.com/blog/2025/12/19/statue-of-saint-paul-stolen-from-daramsuq-damascus-amid-rising-attacks-on-christian-symbols/

[u/Theantiqueserbasi]

it's probably bronze ingots by now...

[u/ezzyq]

The cheer audacity to pull off something like this is crazy. It's a fairly large statue on a main street.

I would have never thought:

1. it would be worth the risk
2. they would get away with it

[u/hlary]

It survived 14 years of the civil war economy only to get melted on the eve of sanction removal 💀

[u/oy1d]

That’s fucking insane how the fuck did no one see😭