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Protest erupt in Syria after Christmas tree set alight

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68% Informative

Masked gunmen set fire to the tree in Suqaylabiyah , a Christian -majority town in central Syria .

The main Islamist faction which led the uprising that toppled President Bashar al-Assad said the men responsible for the arson were foreign fighters and that the tree would be swiftly repaired.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the country demanding the new Islamist rulers protect religious minorities.

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59

Informative language

49

Neutral language

59

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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