Posted on Tue, October 18, 2011 at 17:47 pm CEST
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Syria: Minority Regions Braced for Civil War

Two of Syria’s most important minorities, the Alawites and the Druzes, fear that… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Economy • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, April 21, 2011 at 00:11 am CEST
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Assad’s Bloody Crackdown Protest Threatens Sectarian War

President Bashar Assad, while abrogating Syria’s detested 48-year old emergency laws Tuesday, April 19, immediately replaced them with… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Democracy • Kurdish People • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 17:43 pm CEST
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The Alawi Capture of Power in Syria

For many centuries, the ‘Alawis were the weakest, poorest, most rural, most despised, and most backward people of Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • The Middle East