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Alawites formed Syria’s elite. Now they are terrified
The fields along Syria’s Mediterranean coast once produced wheat, tomatoes and olives to feed the country. They were a ...
Syria's Alawites fear retribution under the new regime, given former Assad ties
How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, will be some kind of litmus test of whether the takeover of Damascus ...
A month after Assad's fall, Syria's interim govt. faces continued instability
Syria's interim government is facing difficulty in rebuilding the nation one month after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad ...
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Fodder, cheap labour: How the Assad regime exploited impoverished Alawites
In Syria’s Alawite heartland, the story of Zarda Khadour mirrors the plight of countless others. A retired cook from Masyaf, she spent 30 years working at a chi ...
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World News in Brief: Deadly China quake, Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, CAR rights defenders, finance and food crises
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is profoundly saddened by the devastating loss of life caused by the earthquake that ...
Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future
Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...
Alawites live in fear as Syrian rebels hunt members of Assad’s regime
Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.
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In Syria, a once-privileged Muslim sect is now targeted and afraid
Alawites in Syria are facing a violent backlash, stoking fears of wider sectarian instability in a divided Syria after the fall of the Assad regime.
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Alawites targeted as HTS launch crackdown on Homs
Sham (HTS) terrorist group has launched a crackdown on a minority group in Homs after recent protests against HTS who seized ...
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Who are the Alawites of Syria?
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Recent days have seen sectarian tensions in Syria between the majority Sunni community and Alawites, the non-Muslim sect that ruled Syria for the past 54 years. But who are ...