Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.
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Fears of sectarian violence reigniting in Syria as dozens of Alawites and HTS fighters reportedly killedHundreds of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham fighters poured into the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Sunday in an ...
The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face ...
They say disparate violent incidents in the past two months—including alleged extrajudicial killings and the destruction of a ...
SDC maps path to decentralized future as Assad's fall creates delicate balance between Turkish threats and Islamist forces ...
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria's Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could ...
Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine ...
Three-quarters of Syria’s 23 million citizens are Sunnis, one-tenth are Alawites, and the rest are a mix of Christians, ...
Assad’s fall sparked joy for many Syrians, but it also triggered wariness from his religious sect, the Alawites, a Shiite offshoot that makes up around 10% of the population. Alawites served as ...
The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites are a minority sect which follows an esoteric offshoot of Shiite Islam.
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