Italy’s likely next prime minister Giorgia Meloni in late 2018 lauded Iran and Hezbollah as protectors of Syrian Christians. She also said the Syrian regime’s other allies were protecting Christians, The Times of Israel reported, citing a YouTube video. Meloni, who leads the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, claimed these regime-aligned forces were the reason Christians could still display the scene of Jesus’s birth, known as the nativity, according to the Israeli daily. The Syrian regime has worked to present itself as the protector of Syria’s religious minority communities, including Chr…