How will Syria's Alawites, the Shia minority, be impacted by new …
1 day ago · 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 ...
Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously …
Dec 27, 2024 · A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Syria’s Minority Alawites, Favored by the Assads, Look Nervously to the Future ...
An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of ...
Dec 26, 2024 · HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down.. A tense calm prevailed after checkpoints were set up throughout the …
Alawites live in fear as Syrian rebels hunt members of Assad’s …
2 days ago · The Alawite protest in Homs on Dec. 25 ended with gunfire. HTS blamed former regime elements who infiltrated the gathering, while residents said rebel fighters fired on the crowd, killing at least ...
U.S. raises attacks on Alawites with new Syrian government
4 days ago · Driving the news: Armed clashes between militants affiliated with the Assad regime and policemen affiliated with the new administration took place last week in the city of Tartus. Fourteen policemen and several militants were killed, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry. Tartus and the wider coastal region are predominantly Alawite.
Sectarian violence in Syria less intense than feared since Assad's ...
Dec 21, 2024 · Given the key role Alawites played in Assad’s brutally repressive government, experts had expected sectarian violence to be more widespread. But HTS has worked to reduce tensions in villages where revenge killings — as well as looting and harassment — have taken place, according to local activists.
Syria's new rulers launch security crackdown as tensions brew
Dec 26, 2024 · Syria's new authorities on Thursday launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day before, vowing to pursue "remnants" of the ousted Bashar al-Assad...
'Everyone is scared now' - Syria's Alawites fear retribution after ...
Dec 16, 2024 · For 50 years, many of the Assad family's main military advisers and commanders were Alawites, and it's impossible to overstate the resentment felt by much of Syrian society towards their communities. During the conversation, it was clear they're plain scared - scared of sectarian retribution.
As thousands celebrate al-Assad's fall, Syrian Alawites ... - Euronews
Dec 19, 2024 · As thousands celebrate the ousting of President Bashar Al-Assad in Umayyad Square in central Damascus every day, many Syrian Alawites say concerns over the future of their country make them...
Syria post-Assad: Alawite minority faces uncertainty under …
Dec 10, 2024 · Calls are mounting around the world to safeguard Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities following the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime by Islamist rebels. Concerns...