Syriac Cultural Association condemns Syrian Transitional Minister of Culture Muhammed Saleh’s statement referring to Syriac as an ‘Arabic dialect’ - Syriac Press

Syriac Cultural Association condemns Syrian Transitional Minister of Culture Muhammed Saleh’s statement referring to Syriac as an ‘Arabic dialect’ - Syriac Press

BETH ZALIN, North and East Syria — Aurelia Gabriel, head of the Syriac Cultural Association in Beth Zalin (Qamishli), North and East Syria, strongly condemned recent statements made by Muhammed Saleh, Minister of Culture in the Syrian Transitional Government (STG), in which he claimed that the Syriac language is merely an ancient Arabic dialect. Speaking to SyriacPress, Gabriel denounced the remarks as a reflection of “blatant ignorance” and a d…