(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Saturday warning came in a video titled "Warning mainly to Christian cities in the province of Hama," which was release by the Militant’s London-based mouthpiece, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The footage showed seven rebel fighters armed with Kalashnikovs, issuing an ultimatum to the towns of Mahrada and Sqailbiyeh in Hama.
There are some 1.8 million Christians in Syria, making up about 10 percent of the country's population.
On Friday, a large number of people held a demonstration against militants in the Syrian city of Aleppo, chanting slogans against the armed groups and their foreign backers and accusing them of destabilizing the country.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of army and security personnel, have been killed in the turmoil.
The Syrian government has repeatedly said that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and that a very large number of the militants operating in the country are foreign nationals.
A recent UN report has revealed that militants from 29 countries have so far filtered into Syria to fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, most of whom are extremist Salafists.
Several international human rights organizations have accused the foreign-sponsored insurgents of committing war crimes.
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