Syria, Alawite and Assad
The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...
The hillside village lies near the city of Tartus, in the heartland of Syria’s Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam from which the Assads hail. Pictures of Bashar al-Assad, the ousted dictator ...
About 10 percent of Syrians belong to the sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, and Alawites dominated the ruling class and upper ranks of the military under the Assad dynasty. As the country emerges ...
KHIRBET AL-HAMMAM, Syria — Violence came roaring into this village in western Syria last week, when war was supposed to have receded. Munitions fired by former rebels tore through homes, killed ...
For decades the Alawites had prospered by supporting the Assad family, but thirteen years of civil war had meant heavy losses for the Alawites and that was blamed on misrule by the Assads. The ...
“Bashar al-Assad was a protector of the Alawites,” said Bulent Kuş, 50, staring out at sea. “With him gone, we Alawites may face pressures.” “Now that the Sunni Muslims have come to govern ...
Syria's Alawites are living in fear following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, according to the Washington Post this week. During his rule, Assad recruited many Alawites as military ...
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