People watch the performance during the Christmas celebration at al-Zaitoun Cathedral in Damascus, capital of Syria, on Dec. 30, 2014. About 1,500 Syrian Christian kids and their parents gathered at al-Zaitoun Cathedral in Syria's capital Damascus to take part in a Christmas celebration. About 10 percent of population in Syria are Christian, who suffered persecution in some parts of the country by the hands of the extremist groups. (Xinhua/Bassem Tellawi)