The persecutions in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes (2150 years ago) were actually instigated at the insistence of Hellenizing Jews.
Antiochus
Antiochus Epiphanes, in the 2nd century BCE.
Antiochus Epiphanes
He was the Seleucid Syrian-Greek ruler who persecuted the religious Jews some 2150 years ago.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
He ignores their demands, called them terrorists and has ordered his army to kill them all.
Depends, but I would say Saladin, who was a Syrian ruler that fought Richard the Lion Heart.
Antiochus Epiphanes.
The Romans won this war. The Syrian War or Roman-Syrian War or War of Antiochus (192-180 BC) was between the Romans and Antiochus the Great, the ruler of what was left of the Seleucid Empire. The Romans were backed by allied Greek states: the Achaean League, Macedon, Pergamum and Rhodes. The Seleucids had allies as well: Cappadocia and the Greek Athamanians and the Aetolian league.
What you are describing is called Biblical Judaism.
Under Erdogan, Turkey has been the most consistent enemy against Assad and has permitted Syrian refugees to flee the country. The replacement of Erdogan with a different ruler could change this dynamic.
First, it is important to note that religious Jews of 1st century BCE Judea are not generally referred to as Hasidim. Common Hasidism is a modern Jewish movement which developed in the 1700s as a populist reaction to the perceived elitist culture of the Orthodox Yeshivot in Eastern Europe. The religious Jews of Judea resisted the Seleucid (Syrian Greek) King Antiochus Epiphanes IV.